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CHART 



OF 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS, 



AND 



Salient Points of History. 



2000 B.C. 1900 A. D. 



A USEFUL INDEX FOR REFERENCE, 
And A KEY TO|klISTORY. 



BY EDWARD G. HEWITT. 






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Copyright, 1902 & IP04, 

BY 

Edward G. Hewitt. 






GREAT EVENTS COME THROUGH GREAT CHARACTERS 

WHO HAVE FAITH TO START GREAT MOVEMENTS 
WITH LIGHT AND INTENSITY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

1 

2-3 

4-5 

6-7 

8-9 

10-11 

12-13 

14-15 

16 

18 

20 

22 

24 

26 

28&30 

32&34 

17 

19 

21 

23 

25 

27 

29&31 

33&35 

36 

37-52 



Preface. 

Summary of General History, dominant governments, etc,, with leading dates. 

Chronological Summary of the most flourishing and powerful countries, etc. 

Most noted Battles, Wars, etc., at one view. 
Most noted Structures, etc., at one view. 



Greatest Characters in History at one view. 
Chart of Famous Characters, 



Notes of Important Events, etc. 



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Famous Characters. Alphabetically arranged. 



RULED 
PAGES 
FOR 
CHARTING 
MORE 
NAMES, 
SPECIAL 
CHARTS, 
NOTES, 
ETC. 



P R B K A V E . 



This work is planned to make history more easily comprehended and therefore more 
interesting. It will enable a person to readily ascertain when a famous character lived, 
when a noted battle was fought, or the date of some other important occurrence. Many 
events of secondary importance have been purposely omitted, thus leaving the main 
incidents of history free from what might confuse. 

The arrangement of the work is very simple and is designed to put one on the direct 
track to the information desired. Its value consists not only in showing at a glance the 
important events that occurred during the careers of great characters, but also the 
predecessors, contemporaries and successors of those characters, with their correlations. The 
notes are brief and suggestive — they will tend to stimulate the reader to further research. 

The substance of history for the 3900 years is given on the first double page, and 
its chronological order on the second double page. A study of these will show in what part 
of the world activities flourished at any era, and also indicate the country or power that 
was uppermost in the history of each epoch. 

The tops of the letters (on the 8 charts) comprising the name of a character are, as a 
rule, placed ou the year of birth. For example : Lincoln was born in 1809, and met a 
violent death in 1865. The names without life lines on page 32 are placed when each 
character was about 30 years of age. 

The material has been gathered from various histories and books of reference. "The 
Historical Reference Book," by Louis Heilprin (one of the works consulted) will be a handy 
volume for finding additional data. I am further indebted to friends for aid and suggestions. 

Some will expect more names of statesmen, while others would prefer more names of 
philosophers, scientists, writers, educators, musicians, etc. Space is left for inserting a 
moderate number of such names — the relation which they have to the famous characters or 
leading events will then become obvious. 



E. G. H. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 

February, 1902 



Condensed Summary of History. 



PRIOR TO THE DARK AGES. 

EARLY BABYLONIAN OR CHALDEAN EMPIRE TO - 

GREATEST POWER AND SPLENDOR OF NEW EMPIRE IN EGYPT 

PERIOD OF EXPANSION IN INDIA .... 

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE. (Brilliant epoch after 900 and especially after 745) 

PHOENICIANS' GREATEST PROSPERITY - - 1100-600 

They were the greatest manufacturers, merchants, navigators and colonizers of antiquity. 

LATER BABYLONIAN EMPIRE (Babylon, Media, Lydia, Egypt) 

MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE .... 

GREECE. MOST FLOURISHING PERIOD 

MACEDONIA OR GRECIAN EMPIRE 
ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS RULED TO 

ROME MAKES FOREIGN CONQUESTS 

ROME DOMINANT ------ 

THE RUGGED BARBARIANS POUR INTO THE ROMAN DOMAINS 
WESTERN EMPIRE FALLS. Eastern Empire continues to 



B. C. 

1300 

1600-1300 
1400-320 



1100-607 



m 






607 
538 


- 538 

- 330 


500- 


•338 






- 


_ 




330 


- 301 

168 


- 


B 


255 


— 


133 


168 


C- 


- 250 


A. D. 


- 






375 


- 568 
1453 



SINCE THE FALL OF ROME. 



DARK AGES, SAY 



SARACEN OR ARABIC ASCENDENCY. First Caliph 632. Conquests to 
Later conquests to - 

Bagdad taken and devastated by the Mongols - 

EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE COVERED MOST OF WESTERN EUROPE 
MOORS IN SPAIN. Height of their civilization and power was in the 10th Century. 

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION. OTHO EMPEROR 

Foremost power in Europe 11th Century. Power declined in 12th Century. 
End of the old German Empire - 

FEUDALISM. Most rapid development of, was in 9th Century. 

Universal system of government in Europe 12th Century. 
Replaced by strong national Monarchies 15th Century. 

CRUSADES OF CHRISTIANS AGAINST THE MOHAMMEDANS 
ITALIAN REPUBLICS rise to great wealth and glory in 12th Century. 
MONGOL INVASIONS AND EMPIRE UNDER GENGHIS KHAN AND SUCCESSORS 



A. 


D. 


500- 


1100 




732 


1 


962 




1258 



800 

962 
1806 



1096-1272 



1206-1480 



Condensed Summary op History 



SINCE THE FALL OF ROME. -continued. 

FRANCE began to be a great nation about 

France has become a great power in Europe 

France the greatest power in Europe .... 

French Revolution - 

Napoleonic Wars - 

ENGLAND. Rise of English manufactures and commerce 

Commerce, Colonies and Literature greatly flourish after 

HUNDRED YEARS' WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE 

BLACK DEATH THROUGHOUT EUROPE- MANY MILLIONS PERISH 

HANSEATIC LEAGUE OF 90 GERMAN CITIES 1241. ZENITH 

MANY CONQUESTS TO 



A. D. 

1250 

1483 

1649-1697 

1789-1794 

1796-1815 

1331 

1588 

1338-1453 

1348-1351 

1382 



TURKISH EMPIRE FOUNDED BY OTHMAN 1288. 
Zenith of Power 
Defeated 

PORTUGUESE MARITIME DISCOVERIES. Founded Colonies as far as India 

VENICE, at the height of its power in the 15th Century. 

Strong Monarchies founded in European countries in 15th Century. 

SPAIN. Conquest of Granada. Discovery of America by Columbus 

Greatest outward prosperity and foremost power 
Naval Power crushed by England 

RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC (The Dutch noted as bold navigators and skillful manufacturers.) 
Independence recognized by Spain - 

Naval and commercial supremacy. Supplanted by England in 

Thirty Years' Devastating Religious War in Europe 

SWEDEN. Possessions in Germany • ... 

Mistress of the Baltic Sea, close of the 17th Century. 
Campaigns of Charles XII. Height of Sweden's power, and its decline 

War of the Spanish Succession which resulted in England's advancement 

GREAT BRITAIN. Union of England and Scotland .... 

Supremacy obtained in part of India 
Leads in commerce .... 



1453 

1551 

1571, 1664 and 1683 

1410-1510 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Declaration of Independence by the Colonies 
Phenomenal progress after 



FIVE GREAT POWERS. 
Many Revolutions in Europe 



Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia 



PRUSSIA. Poland compelled to acknowledge independence of 
Becomes one of the great powers 
Ascendency on the continent 



1492 
1512- 

1588 

1566-1581 
1648 
1782 

1618-1648 
1648 

1700-1709 
1701-1714 

1707 
1757 
1800 

1776 

1885 

1815- 

1848-1849 

1657 

1 763-1786 

1870 



NEW GERMAN EMPIRE founded 



1871 



B.C. 



20SQ- 



OLD 



EMPIRE 



OF 



EGYPT 



VERY 



PROSPEROUS 



BEFORE 
2100 



1900- 



1800- 



1700- 



VEDIC 

(VEDAS) 

PERIOD 



IN 



NDIA 



9 99 



1600- 



THEBE_S_ . 
GROWING IN 
POWER 



AMD EXTENT.. 



BABYLON A CENTRE 
"OFJNDUSTRY 
AND TRADE . 
1500— 



B.C. 

EGYPT 



,500- 



HAS 



THE 



LEADING 



1400- 



PLACE 



AMONG 



1300 



NATIONS 



PffOfMCMS 



TRADE 



1200 



AND 



FOUA/D 



MANY 



EGYPT IN 



STAGE OF DE GAY 

100 



TYRE AT THE 

HEIGHT OF ITS 

POWER. 



JERUSALEM THE 

1000 " 0LYC,rr 



B.C. 



EMPIRE OF DAVID 
AND 



1000 



OF SOLOMON. 



DAMASCUS THE 

LARGEST CITY 

OF SYRIA. 



900- 



DAMASCUS AT 
ITS HEIGHT. 



Carthage Colonized by tlhe Tyrians 



BRILLIANT 



800' 



PERIOD 



OF 



(NewAssyrian Empire.) 



THE 



700- 



ASSYRIAN 



ineveti made\ 
Hie Capital of A J 



COLON/tS EMPIRE. 



GREAT 



PROS- 



B.C. 



MEDO- 



500' 



SPARTA THE 
LEADING POWER 



OF GREECE. 



ATHENS 

PERSIAN the 

LEADING 



CARTHAGE 
THE 



POWER 



STRONGEST 



PERITY 



OF 



THE 



PHOENI- 



CIANS. 



Greatest Prosperity of Corinth. 



600- 



LATER 

BABYLON 

BABYLONIAN atheight 

OF ITS 
MAGNIFICENCE 



EMPIRE 



400- 



OFGREECE. 



SPARTA ALL 



OF 
NAVAL 



POWERFUL 

IN GREECE. 

POWERS. 

THEBES SUPREME 

EMPIRE. /N GREECE. 



MACEDONIAN 
OR GRECIAN 
EMPIRE. 



300 



SUCCESSORS 



OF 



ALEXANDER 



200' 



RULED 



ROME 



MAK- 
ING 



ROME 



100' 



CON- 
QUESTS 

ERA 

OF 

GREAT 



IS 



WEALTH, 
POVERTY 

AND 

INTERNAL 

STRIFE 

IN 
ROME. 



SUPREME. 



500- 



AD. 



100 



ROMAN 
POWER 

AND 

GLORY 

AT ITS 

GREATEST 



200 



ROMAN 



POWER 

IS 

RAPIDLY 

DECLINING. 



300' 



CONSTANTINOPLE 

THE SEAT OF THE 

ROMAN 

EMPIRE. 



BARBARIANS 

400 



POUR 



INTO THE 



ROMAN 



DOMAINS. 

500 



A.D. 

DARK AGES to 1100 



500 

CLOVIS FOUNDS A CAPITAL 
IN GAUL FOR THE FRANKS. 



600 



LOMBARDS 
POUR 



INTO 
ITALY 

AND 

ESTABLISH 

THE 



700- 



KINGDOM 
OF 



SARACENS 
SPREAD 

THEIR 
RELIGION 

BY THE 



SWORD. 



CALIPHS 



LOMBARDY. BA f DAD 



AND 
CORDOVA 



800— EMPIRE OF 

CHARLEMAGNE. 

ENGLAND united 
under K/NG EGBERT. 

Confusion on the Continent 
GROWTH 



900 



OF THE 

Feudalism Increasing. 



PAPAL 
POWER. 



DISCOVERIES. 
W^OUU/TofAl/SmA CREATED. 
VENICE HAS GROWN 
TO BE A POWER. 
FRANCE A STRONG POWER 

FRENCH MONARCHY BEGINS.] strong national monarchies 

IN EUROPE 



MOORS/NSPA/N 

M/GM//V 
CJV/UZAT/ON. 



1000 



Hungary Monarchy Founded 



A.D. 



1000 



Genoa becomes Powerful 



POLAND CONSOLIDATED. 

CANUTE RULED ENGLAND, Etc . 

GERMAN EMPIRE 

IS THE FOREMOST 

POWER IN EUROPE. 

Popery at height of its power. 

NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. 

POPES COMPEL THE 
EMPERORS TO YIELD 
THEM OBEDIENCE. 



100' 



ITALIAN REPUBLICS 

RISE TO 
GREAT WEALTH. 



> 

CO 



FEUDAL/SM 

UN/VERSAL IN EUROPE. 



1200- 



EUROPE > 

COMPLETELY EMERGED^ 

FROM THE DARK AGES. 

TARTARS OR MONGOLS ARE FORMIDABLE 
GREAT 

wreffR/GNUM GENERAL -g 

Europe. INTELLECTUAL ;u 

IMPROVEMENT. o 

ESTABL/SMMENT en 



1300 OF UN/VERS/T/ES. aj 

OTTOMAN EMPIRE FOUNDED 1239 m 

CO 
CO 



BLACK DEATH. 

COMMERCE and WEALTH 
INCREASE in ENGLAND. 

HANSEAT/C 
LEAGUE. 



1400- 



PORTUGUESE 
MARITIME 



ITALIAN 



RENAISSANCE 



IN LETTERS 



1500- 



SCIENCE, 

ARTS, 
ETC. 



RUSSIA FREED FROM THE MONGOLYOKE 



1500 



COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA. 



SPAIN THE 
GREATEST 
POWER IN 
EUROPE. 



REFORMATION 
BEGINS. 



POLAND 
ISA 
GREAT 

TURKISH EMPIRE AT ITS ZENITH. STATE. 
Manufacture and Commerce increase. 

(RISE OF THE 



1600- 



DUTCHREPUBLIC 
ANDTHEIR 



SUBSEQUENT 

NAVAL 

SUPREMACY. 



ENGLAND 



FLOUR- 
ISHES. 



FRANCE 

THE 
GREATEST 
POWER PRUSSIA 

//V GROWING 

EUROPE. p w ER 
700 



SWEDEN THE 
FIRST POWER 
OF THE NORTH. 

HEIGHT OF 
SWEDEN'S POWER 



RtSEOF RUSSIA 

ENGLAND ADVANCES. 

AUSTRIA HAS INCREASED 
ITS TERRITORY. 

j AUSTRIA and PRUSS/A at WAR 

| for SUPREMACY. 

PRUSSIA BECOMES ONE 

OF THE GREAT POWERS . 

\ 



1800- 



FRENCH REVOLUTION. 



GREAT BRITAIN LEADS 

IN COMMERCE. 

Great changes in European 
Ideas and Institutions. 

REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH., 

NEW GERMAN EM PL RE 
UNITED STATES PROSPEROUS. 



1900^ 



2000- 



6 



8 



B.C. 



2000- 



1900- 



1800- 



1700- 



B.C. 



1500- 



1400- 



1300- 



1200 

- TROY TAKEN AND 
DESTROYED BY THE GREEKS, 



B.C. 



1000 



MARATHON. 



WARS 

BETWEEN 

PERSIA 

GREEKS NAVAL ACTIVITY 
OF ATHENS. 



900- 



PELOPONNESIAN WARS. 

SYRACUSE. 
400— -CU N AX A . 



800- 



SARGONTOOK KARKAMIS 



700- 



SPARTA CONQUERED 
THE MESSENIANS. 



B.C. 



500> 



CARTHAGE A NAVAL POWER 



ARBELA. 



300- 



DEATH 
STRUGGLE 
BETWEEN 
ROME 

AND 
CARTHAGE. 



200- 



METAURUS. 
— ZAMA- 



PYDNA. 



CARTHAGE 
DESTROYED. 



1600- 



1100- 



600- 



NINEVEH TAKEN 



AND DESTROYED. 

JERUSALEM TAKEN AND 
DESTROYED BYNEBUCHADNEZZAR 



100- 



CIVIL WAR. MARIUS-°SULLA 



JERUSALEM TAKEN 
BY DAVID. 



CYRUS SUBDUES THEMEOES 
BABYLON taken 

BY CYRUS. 



GAU/C WARS 
PHILIPPI. 
ACTIUM. 



1500- 



1000- 



500- 



J 0' 



9 



AD. 



0- 



TEUTOBURG. 



ROME CONQUERS BRITAIN. 
JERUSALEM, —dreadful 

DESTRUCTION BY TITUS. 



100 



200- 



ROMAN EMPIRE 
ATTACKED ON ALL SIDES. 



300. 



CONSTANTINE CONQUERS ITALY. 



A.D. 



500- 



VANDAL POWER IN 
AFRICA ESTABLISHED. 



600 



MOHAMMED 
SUBDUES ARABIA. 

HIS 

RELIGION 

SPREAD 

BY THE 

SWORD 

OVER 

ASIA 

AND 



700 

XEREZ 



T-TU4PC, 



NORTH AFRICA. 

(MOORS 
(CROSSED INTO SPAIN 



AD. 



1000- 



HASTINGS. 

TURKS CROSSED INTO EUROPE 



100' 



R 



VENICE MAKES WARS. 



u 
s 



CHIVALRY BECOMES 

A GREAT 

INSTITUTION. 



AD. 



1500 



WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
LEPANTO. 

SIEGE OF LEYDEN. 
CIVIL-WARS IN FRANCE. 

ARMADA defeated: 
1600 — 



LUTZEN. 



THIRTY 
YEARS' 
RELIGIOUS 
WAR 

NAVAL BATTLES BETWEEN ENG& HOL 



1200- 



800 



CHARLEMAGNES 
CONQUESTS MAKE HIM 
EMPEROR of the WEST. 



THE HARDY BARBARIANS 
RUSH INTO THE 



400 



CRUMBLING 
ROMAN EMPIRE 

CHALONS. 



INVASION OF GAUL BY CLOVIS. 
500 



NORTHMEN 
(OR VIKINGS) 
MAKE 



VARIOUS 



INVASIONS 

MAGYARS INVADE HUNGAR Y 
900 



AND 

SETTLEMENTS 



1000' 



MONGOL 
D VENICE INVASIONS 
u AT WAR UNDER 
WITH GENGHIS 
GENOA. KHAN . 



1300- 



T 



SWISS WAR OF 
INDEPENDENCE BEGUN 



ENGLAND 



AND 

FRANCE 
1400 



AT 



WAR 



CRECY. 



MONGOL INVASION 
UNDER TAMERLANE. 



u 

R 

I 

S 
H 

C 



N 

_Q_ 



AGINCOURT. 
ORLEANS. 



U 

E 
S 

T 



POLAND WARS 
AGAINST THE 
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS. 5 

Constantinople" 
taken by the turks. 



ALHAMA. 



1500- 



1700- 



GREAT 
NORTHERN 



BLENHEIM. 



TORGAU- 



7 YEARS 
WAR . 



SARATOGA. 
VALMY. 



1800- 



TRAFALGAR 
WATERLOO. 



SEBASTOPOL. 

GETTYSBURG. 

SEDAN. 



PLEVNA. 



1900- 



WOO- 



LO 



GREATEST STRUCTURES, ETC. 



B.C. 



TEMPLE OF THE SUN 

AND OTHER 

MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURES 

AT BAALBEC, SYRIA. 



PALACE 
AND OTHER STRUCTURES 
AT NIPPUR, BABYLONIA. 



SPHINX AT GIZEH. 
PYRAMIDS AT GIZEH. 



LABYRINTH. 
OBELISK AT HELIOPOLIS. 



2000 



TEMPLES OF KARNAK AND OF 
LUXOR, (THEBES) EGYPT. 



COLOSSI AT THEBES. 

CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES. 

TOMB OF SETI I. 

CANAL IN EGYPT. 

TEMPLE OF APOLLO 
AT DELPHI. 



B.C. 



SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. 



1000- 



900 



NORTH-WEST PALACE AT 
NIMRUD IN ASSYRIA. 



800 



1000- 



700 



PALACES AT NINEVEH. 



TEMPLE OF PALLAS AT 
CORINTH BEGUN. 



CLOACA MAXIMA AT ROME. 



600 



WALLS, HANGING GARDENS, 
AND PALACES OF BABYLON. 



TEMPLE OF DIANA AT 
EPHESUS BEGUN. 

TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE AT 
P)ESTUM. 



TEMPLE OF ? AT /EGINA. 



B.C. 



500 



HALL OF XERXES, PALACES, ETC. 
AT PERSEPOLIS IN PERSIA. 

TEMPLE OF JUPITER AT OLYMPIA COMPLETED. 
TEMPLE OF THESEUS AT ATHENS. 

PARTHENON AND SCULPTURES AT ATHENS. 

STATUE OF OLYMPIAN JOVE BY PHIDIAS. 
TEMPLE OF ERECHTHEUS AT ATHENS. 



400 



300 



200 



500 



TEMPLE OF JUPITER OLYMPIUS AT 
ATHENS, 6th TO 2nd CENT. B.C. 



MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS. 
MONUMENT OF LYSICRATES AT ATHENS. 

PHAROS AT ALEXANDRIA. 
COLOSSUS OF RHODES. 

ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY. 



TEMPLE OF EDFU, EGYPT. 
GREAT WALL OF CHINA COMPLETED. 

ROMAN 

ROADS, 

AQUEDUCTS. 

B R I D<3 E S , 

BATHS 

AND 

OATAOOM BS 

BEGUN 312 B.O. 



I00 



ROCK-HEWN TEMPLE IN INDIA. 
TEMPLE AT DENDERAH, EGYPT, BEGUN. 

REBUILDING OF TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM. 
PANTHEON AT ROME. 



GREATEST STRUCTURES, Etc. 



11 



A. D. 



PALACE OF THE 
C/ESARS AT ROME. 

ROMAN 
AQUEDUCTS. 

LAOCOON 

(SCULPTURE.) 

COLISEUM AT 
ROME. 



100 

BRIDGE AT ALCANTARA. 
TRAJAN'S BRIDGE 

OVER THE DANUBE 

TRAJAN'S COLUMN 

AT ROME. 

HADRIAN'S WALL 

IN BRITAIN. 



TEMPLE OF THE SUN 

AT BAALBEK REBUILT. 

200 



BATHS OF 

CARACALLA 

AT ROME. 



300 

BATHS of DIOCLETIAN. 

ARCHofCONSTANTINE. 

CHURCH OF 
ST.JOHNLATERAN 



BASILICA AT ROME. 



400 



RUINS OF 

STONEHENGE, 

ENGLAND. 



500 



A.D. 



500 



SANTA SOPHIA AT 
CONSTANTINOPLE. 

BASILICA AT 
RAVENNA. 



600 



EDINBURGH CASTLE. 

MOSQUE OF OMAR 
AT JERUSALEM. 



700 



MOSQUE AT 
CORDOVA. 
800 



IMPERIAL 
CANAL 

OF 
CHINA 
BEING 
BUILT. 



900 



FEUDAL CASTLES 

AND MONASTERIES 

ON THE CONTINENT. 

THEIR BUILDING 

CONTINUED FOR 

SOME CENTURIES. 



1000 



A.D. 



ROCK-CUT TEMPLES IN IND1A. ? 



1000- 



ST. MARK'S CHURCH AT VENICE. B f? 7 UN 
BASILICA OF SAN MINIATO, FLORENCE. 
CATHEDRAL OF STRASBURG BEGUN. 

NAVE FINISHED 127S. 
TOWER FINISHED 1439. 

CATHEDRAL OF SPIRES. 
WESTMINSTER PALACE. (LONDON.) 

IMPROVED IN 13th CENTURY. 



TOWER OF LONDON COMMENCED. 
DURHAM CATHEDRAL BEGUN. 



MOO 



MANY 
CASTLES 

BUILT IN 
ENGLAND. 

YORK MINSTER BEING REBUILT. 
LEANING TOWER OF PISA. 
CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS. 
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL REBUILT. 
MOSQUE AT OLD DELHI BEGUN. 



I200- 

LOUVRE, (PARIS) BEGUN. 

OLD LONDON BRIDGE COMPLETED. 

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL BEGUN. 

RHEIMS CATHEDRAL 1212-1430. 

AMIENS CATHEDRAL BEGUN 1220. 

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL REBUILT. 

COLOGNE CATHEDRAL 1248-1880. 

WESTMINSTER ABBEY REBUILT. 

ALHAMBRA (GRANADA, SPAIN) 1248-1314. 

HEIDELBERG CASTLE BEGUN. 

TEMPLE OF THE SUN AT CUZCO, PERU.? 
1300 



SANTA MARIA AT FLORENCE BEING BUILT. 

DOME COMPLETED 1446. 

GREAT BUDDHA TEMPLE IN JAVA. 7 
NEW WINDSOR CASTLE. 
BRIDGE AT PRAGUE. 
DOGE'S PALACE (VENICE) BEGUN. 
WARWICK CASTLE. 
BASTILLE AT PARIS. 
BRIDGE OVER THE ADDA, ITALY. 
CATHEDRAL AT MILAN BEGUN. 
TEMPLE OF TANJORE. INDIA. 
1400 



WESTMINSTER HALL MUCH IMPROVED. 



PORCELAIN TOWER OF NANKIN. 

REBUILDING OF VATICAN BEGUN. 
PITTI PALACE (FLORENCE) BEING BUILT. 

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE COMES TO AN 

[END. 



1500- 



EXCELLENT ROADS FOUND IN PERU. 



A.D. 



1500 
ST. PETER'S AT ROME BEGUN. 
CATHEDRAL AT SEVILLE. SPAIN. 

CLASSIC REVIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE. 
CATHEDRAL OF ST. BASIL, MOSCOW. 

ESCURIAL PALACE NEAR MADRID. 
TUILERIES, (PARIS) BEING BUILT. 



RIALTO— MARBLE BRIDGE AT VENICE 



1600- 



CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO BEING BUILT 



TAJ MAHAL-MAUSOLEUM IN INDIA. 
PALACE AT DELHI, INDIA. 

VERSAILLES PALACE, NEAR PARIS. 

MONUMENT OF LONDON. 

ST. PAUL'S AT LONDON BEGUN. 



1700- 



BLENHEIM PALACE, ENGLAND. 



THIRD EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. 

OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. 

PANTHEON AT PARIS. 

STONE BRIDGE OVER THE SEINE. 

DIKES IN HOLLAND GREATLY IMPROVED. 

CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON BEGUN. 
1800 



LONDON DOCKS. 

1806 SIMPLON ROAD. 

1825 MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE. 

1831 NEW LONDON BRIDGE. 

*1840 HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. 

1842 CROTON AQUEDUCT. N. Y. 

1850 BRITANNIA BRIDGE, MENAI ST. 

1851 CRYSTAL PALACE, ENGLAND. 

1852 HAARLEM MERE DRAINED. 

1859 CABIN JOHN CREEK BRIDGE, U.S. 

1860 VICTORIA BRIDGE AT MONTREAL. 
1869 SUEZ CANAL. 

1871 MOUNT CENIS TUNNEL. 

1873 HOOSAC TUNNEL, MASS. 

1874 OPERA HOUSE, PARIS. 

1 879 ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, N. Y. 

1880 ST. GOTTHARD TUNNEL. 

1883 BROOKLYN SUSPENSION BRIDGE. 

1884 WASHINGTON MONUMENT. 
1886 STATUE OF LIBERTY, NEW YORK. 
1889 EIFFEL TOWER, PARIS. 

1889 FORTH BRIDGE, SCOTLAND. 

*1893 SIMPLON TUNNEL. 

*1899 ASSUAN DAM IN EGYPT. 



Dates other than {') Indicate completion or opening. 



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2000 



ABRAHAM 



1900 



ISAAC 



JACOB 



1800 



JOSEPH 



1700 



QUEEN HATASU 

2 



1600 



THOTHMES IK 



MOSES 



1500 



JOSHUA 



17 



1500 B.C. 



Sphinx. Great pyramid at Gizeh. 

2400 Capital of the old Empire of Egypt changed from Memphis 
to Thebes. 

2348 DELUGE. 

2300 Labyrinth and important national works. 

Golden Age of Egyptian culture. 
2247 Tower of Babel. 

Invaders from Asia take Memphis and settle in Lower Egypt. 
2200-1700 Dominion of the Hyksos or Shepherds in Egypt. 
2080 Hyksos conquer Lower Egypt 



1898 Destruction of Sodom. 

1729 Joseph sold to Potiphar. 

1706 Jacob and family migrate to Egypt. 

Gigantic Temple at Karnac. 
1500 Babylon, capital of a united Babylonia. 



B.C. 



MOSES 



500 



JOSHUA 



18 



EXODUS 



RAMESES n 
THE GREAT 



400 



RUTH 



300 



GIDEON 



100 



B ? 



ELI 



SAMSON 



SAUL 



100 



SAMUEL 



DAVID 



SOLOMON 



HIRAM 



300 



19 
1500 - 1000 B. C. 

1500-1300 Egypt. Foremost of the nations in arts and arms. 

1500-1100 Sidon was the leading city of Phoenicia. Then Tyre was 

1491 Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt is placed by some, 171 
years later. Dates of olden times are far from reliable. 
The Hebrews after wandering 40 years in the wilderness, 
conquer Canaan. 

1450-1300 Greatest power of the Hittite realm in Syria. 

First Canal from the Red Sea to the Nile. 
1400-1095 Era of the Judges in Canaan. 

Navigation and commerce in Egypt. 

1194-1184 Trojan War. 

1120 Chow Dynasty. 

1100 Dorians migrated southward into the Peloponnesus. 

1100 Cadiz founded by the Phoenicians. 

1095 Kingdom established among the Jews, under Saul. 

1055 Philistines overwhelm Sau) at Gilboa. 

1048 Jerusalem taken by David. 

1015 As a result of wars, David left, at his death, the largest 
kingdom in the Oriental world. 

1006 Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem dedicated. 

1000 Ionian migration to Asia Minor. 

Tyre at the height of its power. 

Damascus the largest city of Syria. 



20 



B.C. 



SOLOMON 



000 



JEROBOAM 
I 



SHESHONK 



ZOROASTER 
Z 



HOMER 
? 



ELIJAH 



900 



SHALMANESER 

n 



AHAB 



ELISHA 



800 



JONAH 
8 



LYCURGUS 

A/YD SPARTA 



TIGLATH- 
PILESER 



ISAIAH 



SARGON 



700 



SENNA- 
CHERIB 



HOSEA 



MANASSEH 



SARDAN- 
APALUS 



CYAXARES 



600 



SOLON 



NEBUCHAD- 
NEZZAR 



THALES 



NECHO 



JEREMIAH 



PYTHAGORAS 



CYRUS 



500 



DANIEL 



CONFUCIUS 



DARIUS 
HYSTASPIS TARQUIN 



THE 



PROUD 



BUDDHA 
-CAMBYSES. 



BRUTUS 



CL1STHENES 



21 



1000 - 500 B. C. 

975 Division of Solomon's Empire into the Kingdoms of Israel and 
Judah. 

898 King of Syria makes war on the Jews. 

850 (about) Foundation of the colony of Carthage. 

776 Beginning of the Olympiads. 

767 General plague. 

753 Rome founded. 

745 New Assyrian Empire founded. 

/ Sparta conquered the Messenians. 
645-628 | r 

734 Corinth founds Syracuse. 

721 Final captivity of the Ten Tribes of Israel by Sargon. 

717 Sargon took Karkamis, the key of the trade of Western Asia. 

695 Babylon destroyed by Sennacherib. 

65 7 Byzantium founded. 

650 All Egypt united under Psammetichus. 

The Assyrian Empire reached the limits of its supremacy 
under Sardanapalus. 

640 Revolt of the Medes from the government of Assyria. 

632 Great irruption of the Scythians into Media, Assyria, and Syria 

607 (625) Nineveh taken and destioyed by the Medes and 
Babylonians. 

The Imperial and all powerful Assyrian nation now utterly 
destroyed. 



605 Victory of Nebuchadnezzar over Necho. Egyptians compelled 
to retire from Asia. 

586 Nebuchadnezzar captured and destroyed Jerusalem. Jews led 
away to Babylon into captivity. 

Babylon, the magnificent city, now at its height of glory. 

560 Lydia attains the height of her power under King Crcesus. 

558 Cyrus subdued the Medes and founds the Persian Empire. 

552 Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 

538 Babylon taken by Cyrus, amid revelries. 



536 Part of the Jews returned from captivity to Jerusalem. More 
Jews return under Ezra (478). 

525 Cambyses conquered Egypt. Egypt a Persian province. 

513 Disastrous expedition of Darius with 700,000 men against 
the Scythians. 



22 



B.C. 



500 



400 



ARISTIDES 



THEMI5TOCLES 



XERXES 



PERICLES 



SOCRATES 



HIPPOCRATES 



PLATO 



VnUv 



PHIDIAS 



SOPHOCLES 



DEMOSTHENES 
THE GENERAL 



XENOPHON 



HERODOTUS 



D 360 

PHILIPOFMACEDON 



D.348 



ALEXANDER 



DEMOSTHENES 



THE ORATOR 



ZENO 



SELEUCUS 



iTOTLE 



PTOLEMY 
SOTER 



300 



ONIAS 



EPICURUS 



PYRRHUS 



EUCLID 



N^-J^V' 



SIMON 
ARCHIMEDES 



MANETHO 



TSIN DYNASTY 



HANNIBAL 



200 



SCIPIO 
AFRICANUS 



NERO THE GENERAL 



HERO 



ANTIOCHUS 
THE GREAT 



CATO 



HAN DYNASTY 



GRACCHI 
BROTHERS 



MACCABEES 



MARIUS 



JUGURTHA 



100 



MITHRIDATES 

Tt+C GREAT 



SULLA 



C/CSAR 



OCTAVIUS 



POMPEY 



HEROD 



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vAUv 



CICERO 



CLEOPA 



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LUCRETIUS 



VIRGIL 



HORACE 



23 



500 - B. C. 



Temple of Jupiter in course of construction. 
500-449 Persian Wars with the Greeks. 

490 Marathon. Athenians repulsed the invasion of the Persians. 
480 Thermopyl.35. Defense by Leonidas. 
480 Salamis. Greek naval victory over Xerxes. 
479 PlaT^a and Mycale. Greeks defeat Persians. 

Golden Age of Greek Art commences. 
457 Athens shows great naval activity. 
438 Parthenon at Athens. 

431-404 Peloponnesian Wars. Sparta gains supremacy over Athens. 

430 Pestilence at Athens. 

413 Syracuse. Athenian fleet defeated. 

409-275 Repeated wars between the Carthaginians and Greeks in Sicily. 

400 Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks after battle of Cuuaxa. 

390 Alua. Utter defeat and rout of the Romans by the Gauls under Brennus. 

367 Rome. Licinian Laws. 

362 ManTinea. Spartans and allies defeated. 

360 Carthagenian settlements in Spain. 

Carthage. The strongest of naval powers. 
338 Ch^ronea. Victory of Philip of Macedon over the Thebans and Athenians. 
334 Granicos. Alexander the Great defeated the Persians. 
333 Issus. Alexander gained a brilliant victory over the Persians. 
332 Egypt conquered by the Greeks. Alexandria founded. 
331 Arb'ela. Alexander crushed the Persian army, and became supreme. 



326 Battle of Hydaspes. Alexander defeated Porus. 

301 IPSUS. Overthrow of Antigonus. Empire divided. 

280 Colossus of Rhodes completed. 

280-276 Roman Wars with Pyrrhus. 

266 Rome mistress of all Italy. 

264-146 Punic Wars. First, Second, and Third. 

216 Cannae. Hannibal crushes the Roman legions. 

215-146 Wars between Rome and Macedonia. 

214 Great Wall of China completed. 

212 Syracuse taken by the Romans. 

207 MeTaurds Romans shattered Hannibal's allies. 

207 Scipio Africanus expeis the Carthagenians from Spain. 

202 Zama. Decisive Roman victory over Hannibal, by (Africanus Major) Scipio. 

197 Cynoscephai.^. Romans destroy Macedonia's army and power. 

190 Magnesia. Romans destroy the army of Antiochus, the Great King of Syria. 

168 Pydna. Roman Legions give the death blow to Macedonia. 



J- Captured and destroyed by the Romans. 



149-140 Roman War with the Lusitanians. 

146 Carthage 

146 Corinth 

143-133 Numantine War. 

133-27 Period of Roman internal strife. 

Great Wealth, Money Aristocracy, Moral Decay. 
Poor classes increasing and too dependent. 
113-101 War with the Cimbri and Teutones. 
111-105 War against Jugurtha. 

88-82 First and Second Mitbridalic War. 

74-65 Third Mithridatic War. 

58-51 Cesar's Gallic Wars. 

48 Pharsaua. Victory of Csesar ove» Pompey. 

48 Library (half million volumes) at Alexandria burned. 

42 Philippi. Cassias and Brutus overwhelmed by Antony and Octavius. 

31 ACTroM. Octavius defeated fleets of Antony and Cleopatra. 
Rome has become a splendid city. 



24 



A.D. 



TIBERIUS 

B **2 B.C 



-CHRIST- 



NERO 



SAUL 



ST. 



SENECA 



'AUL 



PLINY 



TRAJAN 



100 



TACITUS 



HADRIAN 



ANTONINUS-PIUS 



JUSTIN 
MARTYR 



PTOLEMY 



MARCUS AURELIUS 



GALEN 



CLEMEKT 



SEVERUS ALEXANDRIA 



200 



ORIGEN 



AURELIAN 



SAINT 
CYPRIAN 



DIOCLETIAN 



PROBUS 



300 



CONSTANTINE 



EHPE «OR 



SAINT 
ANTHONY 



ARIUS 



ATHANASIUS 



THEODOS1US 



CHRYSOSTOM 



SAINT 
AUGUSTINE 



THE GREAT 



400 



EMPE ROT 



ALARIC 



GENSERIC 



LEO 



2ENO 



ODOACER 



ATTILA 



THEODORIC CLOVIS 
a ! 



500 



25 
0-500 A. D. 

9 TeuToburG. Roman legions annihilated by Arminius (Prince 
of a German Tribe). 

16 Germanicus triumphs over Arminius in Germany. 

42 Awful famine in Egypt. 

43-85 Roman conquest of Britain. 

64 First persecution of the Christians. 

64 Rome burned by Nero. 

70 Jerusalem captured and Temple destroyed by Titus. 

79 Eruption of Vesuvius. Herculaneum and Pompeii buried. 

80 167 169 ) 

189 [ Great Plagues in Roman World. 

250-265 \ 

100 Greatest extension of the Roman Empire. 

138-160 Golden Age of the Roman Empire. 

200 Roman Empire threatened by the German tribes. 

250 General persecution of the Christians. 

250-260 General attacks on the Roman domains. 

272-273 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, vanquished. 

303 General persecution of the Christians. 

312 Constantine conquers Italy. 

323 Constantine master of the Roman World. 

325 First council of the Christian Church at Nicaea. A creed 
adopted. 

330 Constantinople (Byzantium) made the capital of the Roman 
Empire by Constantine. 

364 Roman Empire partitioned into East and West. 

374 The Huns pass the Volga and are conquerors. 

375-568 Migrations of the Ruthless Huns, Goths, etc., on a large 
scale, into the Roman Empire. 

378 Adrianopi,E. Great victory of the Goths over the Romans. 

381 Second general council of the Christian Church at Constan- 
tinople. 

395 Final division into the Eastern or Byzantine Empire and the 
Western Empire. 

THE ROMAN EMPIRE, the Ruler of the World in 
the time of Augustus, has ceased to be the gTeat 
power. The Fall of the Wester u Empire is usually 
given as 47<> A. D. Eastern or Byzantian Empire 
continued to 1453. 

406 Vandals, etc., invade Gaul. 

410 Rome taken and sacked by the Visigoths under Alaric. 

411 Rome forced to recall her legions from Britain. 
415 Founding of the Visigothic Kingdom in Spain. 
429-534 Kingdom of the Vandals in Africa. 
449-607 English conquest of Britain. 

450 Famine in Italy. 

451 Chalons. Romans defeated Attila in a terrible battle, and 

one of the most important in history. 

452 Foundation of Venice. 

455 Rome sacked by the Vandals under Genseric. 

476 Odoacer supplants the Ctesars at Rome. 

486 SoiSSONS. Franks under Clovis vanquish the Romans in Gaul. 

490-493 Theodoric invades Italy and overthrows Odoacer. 



k 2t> 



AD. 



500 



SAINT THE0D0RIC 
BENEDICT 



NARSES 



JUSTINIAN 



BELISARIUS 



GREGORY 



MAHOMET 
MOHAMMED 



600 



OMAR 

I 



HERACUUS 



OTHMHN 



EWP EROH 



CA LIP* 



RODERIC 



700 



MARTEL 



SAINT 
BONIFACE 



PEPIN 



wv 



CHARLEMAGNE 



EGBERT 



800 



EtiPC ROB 



HAR0UN 
AL-RASHID 

B 2 



.L0THAIRE.. 
I 



NICHOLAS 
THE GREAT 



ALFRED 

THE GREAT 



900 



RURIK 



EFIPEBCR 



ROLLO 

B 2 



HENRY 



OTHO 

I 



ZIMISCES 



VLADIMIR 



EHPE ROR 



1000 



HUGH 
CAPET 



27 



500-1000 A. D. 

450-700 Angles and Saxons settling in Britain. 

507 Clovis founds a capital in Gaul for the Franks. 

533 Belisarius destroys the Vandal power in Africa. 

543 Earthquake felt by nearly the whole world. 

555 Narses destroys the kingdom of the Ostro-Goths, in Italy. 

557 Earthquake. Constantinople. Thousands perish. 

558 Dreadful plague begins in Europe. 
568-774 Kingdom of the .Lombards in Italy. 
622 Mohammed. Flight from Mecca to Medina. 
629 Mecca submits to Mohammed. 

635 Cadesia. Saracens vanquish the Persians. 

640 Saracens invade Egypt. 

641 Battle of Nehavend. Decisive victory for the Saracens 

over the Persians. 

661-750 Rule of Ommiad Caliphs. Capital, Damascus. They 
made attacks on Europe. 

709 Subjugation of Northern Africa, by the Saracens, completed. 

711 Battle of Xerez-de-la-Frontera. Kingdom of Visigoths 
destroyed by the Saracens or Moors. 

711-1492 Saracens and Moors in Spain. A high civilization. 
Height of their power was in 10th Century. 

732 Tours or Poitiers. Saracens defeated by the Franks under 
M artel. 

739 Famine in England, Wales, and Scotland. 

742 Awful Earthquake in Syria, Palestine, and Asia. Immense 
loss of life. 

750-1258 Rule of the Abbasside Caliphate. Bagdad founded and 
made the Capital about 765. 



751 Pepin, King of Franks, founds the Carlovingian dynasty. 

772 Charlemagne begins his wars and conquests. 

800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West. 

827 England united under Egbert. 

843 Treaty of Verdun. France, Germany, and Italy become sep- 
arate and independent States. 

This is a period of great confusion and many changes. 

871 Alfred the Great, founder of modern England. 

Papal power has become well established. 

894 Magyars or Hungarians, descend into Hungary, and establish 
themselves. 

911 Northmen gained a permanent foothold in Normandy. 
954-957 Famine in England, Wales, and Scotland. 
933 Mehskborg. Henry, the Fowler, defeats the Hungarians. 
955 Lech. Otho vanquishes the Hungarians. 



962 Foundation of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. 

988 Conversion and unification of Russia. 

1000 Rise of Poland. 

1000 Genoa becomes rich and powerful. 



1000 



1200 




1300 



1400 



1500 



29 



1000 - 1500 A. D. 



1016-1042 Danish supremacy over England. r^ E t 

105-t Separation of the Church of the West from the Church of 
1066 Hastings. Victory of William the Norman over Harold the 

1075 Struggle between Henry IV. and Pope Gregory. [Saxon. 

1076 Turks capture Jerusalem. 
1096-1272 Crusades. 

1099 Jerusalem besieged and taken by the Christians. 

1099-1187 Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. 

1125 Venice in its glory. Makes offensive wars. 

1167 Lombard League (23 Italian Cities). 

1176 Legnano. Lombard League defeated Frederick Barbarossa. 

1183 Liberties of Italian cities secured. 

1187 Conquest of Acre and Jerusalem by Saladin. 

1189-1191 Acre besieged and taken by Richard and allies. 

1200 Papal dominion independent of the German emperors. 

1204 Overthrow of the Byzantine Empire. Establishment of the 
Latin Empire of Constantinople, which stood till 1261. 

1204 The Republic of Venice, one of the greatest commercial 
powers. 

1212 ToivOSA. Decisive victory of the Christians over the Moors. 

1213 Muret. Albigenses defeated by Simon de Montfort. 
1218-1232 Wars between Venice and Genoa. Also at latter dates. 
1219 Samarkand (the Athens of Asia) destroyed by Genghis Khan. 

1240 The Mongols, after overrunning Russia, advance into Central 

Europe. 

1241 Wahlstatt near Liegnitz. Victory of the Mongols over 

the Germans, but the Mongol advance into Europe was 

1250 Mamelukes govern Egypt till 1517. [checked. 

1258 Mongols besieged and sacked Bagdad. 

1280 First Mongol dynasty fully established in China. 

1291 Turks capture Acre from the Christians. 

1315 MorgarTEN. Swiss defeated the Austrians. 

1338-1453 Hundred Years' War. Series of wars between England 

1346 Crecy. Utter defeat of the French. E and France. 

1348-1351 Black Death throughout Europe. Millions perished. 
Reappeared in 1360, 1373, and 1382. 

1356 Poitiers. Victory of the English over the French. 

1361 Turks take Adrianople. 

1366 Tamerlane begins his conquests. 

1382 The Hanseatic League of over ninety cities in its zenith. 

Begun about 1250. 
1382-1434 Most nourishing period of the Florentine Republic. 
1386 Sempach. Victory of the Swiss over the Austrians. 

Sack of Delhi by Tamerlane. 

Angora. Tamerlane vanguished Bajazet. 

Bank of Genoa established. Grew to be a great power. 

AgincourT. Victory of Henry V. over the French. 
1419-1436 Hussite war. 
1420 Venice at zenith of her power. 

Siege of Orleans. Joan of Arc's victory over the English. 

Archduchy of Austria created. 

Capture of Constantinople by the Turks. 
Fall of the Eastern Empire. 



1398 
1402 
1407 
1415 



1429 
1453 
1453 



1477 Nancy. Overthrow of Charles the Bold by the Swiss. 

1479 Nearly the whole of Spain united in one monarchy. 

1480 Emancipation of Russia from the Mongol yoke. 
1482 Alhama, the key of Grenada, wrested from the Moors. 
1492 America discovered by Columbus. 

1495-1513 French invasions of Italy. 

1497 Vasco da Gama doubled the Cape of Good Hope. j-Rmpj-e 

1499 Swiss confederacy became virtually independent of the German 



Cordova, Spain. A great centre of commerce and learning. 

1014 Inundation on coast of England and the Netherlands. 

1015-1439 Building of Strasburg Cathedral. 

1016 Awful famine throughout Europe. 

1066 1217 England and France. First period of rivalship. 

1086 Domesday Book completed. 

1108 Flanders inundated by the sea. 

1118-1312 Order of Knights Templars. 

1122 Concordat of Worms. Contest about Investiture ended. 

1130 Foundation of the oldest universities. 

1154 Henry II. Plantagenet Dynasty in England till 1485. 

1157 Bank of Venice established. 

1163-1312 Building of Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. 

1170 All Saints' Flood in Holland. 

1193-1195 Famine in England and France which led to a fever. 

1200 Mining of coal in England on a large scale began. 

1200 The Papacy on the summit of its power. 

1209 Franciscan order founded. 

1215 Magna Charta signed by King John. 

1215 Dominican order founded. 

1215 Inquisition instituted by Innocent III. 

1240 The Golden Horde, planted on the Volga by the Mongols, were 
conquered by Tamerlane about 1400, and by Ivan III., 1480. 

1248-1880 Cologne Cathedral. 511 feet in height. 

1249 Oxford University placed on a stronger basis. 

1256-1273 Interregnum in Germany. Empire lost vigor. Confusion. 

1257 Cambridge University. First society of students. 

1268 Earthquake in Cilicia. 60,000 perish. 

1278 Marchfeld. Rudolph vanquishes Ottocar of Bohemia. 

1283 Union of England and Wales. 

1292 Beginning of the Swiss Confederacy. 

1296 Dunbar. Scots defeated by the English. 

1306-1342 Scotch War for Independence. 

1314 Bannockburn. Edward II. defeated by Robert Bruce. 

1315 Dreadful famine in England. 

1346 Cannon used by the English at Crecy. 

1347 Rienzi. Tribune of Rome. 

1353 Famine in England and France. 

1354 Gaiaipoli. Seized by the Turks. 

1356 The Golden Bull of Germany for the election of Emperors. 

1378-1417 Great Schism in the Western or Roman Church. 

1381 Revolt of the peasants under Wat Tyler, which led to the 
abolition of villeinage. 

1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden united under Queen Margaret. 

1401 Parliament passes act to burn the Lollards. 

1414-1418 Constance. Council of the Roman Catholic Church. 

1415 Burning of John Huss at Constance. [Unity restored. 

1421 Holland. Sea broke in. 100,000 drowned. 

1439 The beginning of standing armies. 

1450 Jack Cade's insurrection in England. 

1450 Gutenberg practiced the art of printing. 

1450 (about) Mazarin Bible. 

1455-1485 War of the Roses in England. 

1456 Earthquake at Naples. 40,000 perish. 

1477 Caxton prints the first book in England. 

1480 Inquisition established in Spain. 

1483 Great flood on the Severn river. 

1485 Bosworth Fiei,d. Richard III. defeated and slain. 

1485-1603 Tudor Dynasty in England. 



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33 



1500 - 1900 A. D. 



1513 Flodden Field. James IV. of Scotland overwhelmed 

by the English. 

1517-1648 Era of the Reformation. 

1519-1521 Conquest of Mexico by Cortes. 

1521 Diet of Worms. Luther defended his position as a 

Reformer. 

1525 Pa via. French power in Italy shattered beyond repair. 

1526 Ferdinand I. increases the possessions of Austria. 

1529 First siege of Vienna by the Turks. 

1530 & 1555 Diets of Augsburg. Religious peace concluded. 

1531-1533 Conquest of Peru by Pizarro. 

1545-1563 Council of Trent. It condemned the leading doctrines 
of the Reformation. 

1555-6 Ridley, Latimer, Cranmer, and 300 other Protestants 

burned at the stake. 

1562-1598 Civil. (8) Wars in France. Catholics and Huguenots. 

1568-1648 War of Liberation in the Netherlands. 

1571 Lepanto. Decisive naval battle between the Turks 

and Christians. 

1572 Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Coligni and thou- 

sands of Huguenots slain. 

1573-1574 Siege of Leyden. Dikes cut and Spaniards drowned. 

1579 The Union of Utrecht. Foundation of the Dutch 

Republic. 

1588 • Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet. 

1590 Ivry. Henry IV. of France defeats Catholic Leaguers. 

1598 Edict of Nantes granting toleration to the Huguenots. 

1618-1648 Thirty years' religious war in Ceutral Europe. 

■ 1631 Leipsic. Adolphus victorious. 

t 1632 LUTZEN. Death of Adolphus. 

Germany's population decreased more than half. 

1627-1628 Siege and capture of La Rochelle from the Huguenots 
by Richelieu. 

1644 Manchu Tartars seize the sovereign power in China. 

1644 Marston Moor. Royalists defeated. 

1648 Peace of Westphalia. Equal right? to the Protestants 

and Catholics, etc. 



1756-1763 
1757 



-1784 



1652-3 England and Holland contend in naval battles. 

1664 St. Gotthard. Turks routed by the Christians. 

1683 Second siege of Vienna by the Turks. Sobieski brought 

relief and gained a victory. 

1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Migration of the 

Huguenots from France. 

1688 The English Revolution. Parliament in control. 

William and Mary. 

1689-1697 War of the "Grand Alliance" against France. 

1690 Boyne. William III. defeated James II. 

1692 La Hogue. French fleet destroyed by the English and 

Dutch. 

1700 Narva. Sweden destroys the Russian Army. 

1700-1721 Great Northern War in Europe. Alliance against 
Sweden. 

1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession. 

1702-1713 Queen Anne's war against the French. 

1704 Blenheim. French army almost destroyed by Marl- 

borough. 

1709 Pultowa. Decisive triumph of Russia over Sweden. 

1713 Peace of Utrecht \ England gained Gibraltar, etc. 

( Austria gained possessions in Italy.etc. 

1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession. Prussia, France, etc., 
against Maria Theresa, etc. 

1745 Fontenoy. French defeated the allies. 



Seven Years' War. Against Frederick the Great, of 
Prussia, by allies. 

War of the English in India. Great success of Lord 
Clive. 

1759 Quebec. France lost her American Colonies. 

1760 Torgau. Complete rout of the Austrians by the 

Prussians under Frederick the Great. 
1763 Peace of Paris. Prussia gained a place among the 

great powers. 
1772, '92, '95 Partition of Poland, by Russia, Prussia and Austria. 

1775-1783 War of Independence. 1777 Saratoga. 1781 

yorktown. 
1782 Naval victories finally establish the maritime supremacy 

of England. 



1789-1792 

1792 

1796-1815 
1796-1800 
1798 

1800 
1803 
1803 
1805 

1805 

1806 

1806 
1808-1814 

1809 

1810-1825 

1812 
1812 

1813 
1813 

1814-15 

1815 

1815 



1821-1829 

1827 

1S30-1831 

1848-1849 

1854-1856 

1859 
1861 

1866 

1870 

1870 

1877-8 

1878 

1894 

1898 

1898 
1899 



French Revolution. 1793-1 Reign of Terror. 
Guillotine active. 

Valm y. Prussians and Austrians defeated by the French . 

Napoleonic Wars. 

Napoleon's brilliant campaigns. 

Battle of the Nile. French army cut off from 
France. 

Marengo. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians. 

British authority supreme throughout India. 

Renewed War between England and France. 

Trafalgar. Great Naval victory of Nelson over the 

French and Spanish. 
Austerlitz. Napoleon defeats the Austrians and 

Russians. 
Battle of Jena. Victory of Napoleon over the 

Prussians. 
End of the German or Holy Roman Empire. 

War between Napoleon and Great Britain in Spain and 

Portugal. 
Wagram. Decisive victory of Napoleon over the 

Austrians. 
Spanish colonies in Mexico and South America won 

their Independence. 
Borodino. Napoleon defeats the Russians. 

Burning of Moscow. Retreat of Napoleon with great 

loss. 
Lutzen. Napoleon defeats the Russians and Prussians. 

Leipsic. Napoleon's army overwhelmed by allied 
forces of Russia, Germany, and Austria. 

Congress of Vienna by the five great powers, 

Waterloo. Napoleon crushed by Wellington. 

The Holy Alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia. 



Greek Revolution. Resulted in Independence. 

Navarino. Destruction of the Turkish Egyptian fleet. 

Revolutions in France, Belgium, etc. 

Many Revolutions in Europe. 

Crimean War. Siege of Sebastopol by the English, 
French, etc. 

Solferino. French and Sardinians defeat Austrians. 

Bull Run. 1863 Gettysburg. 1865 Richmond 

surrendered. 
Sadowa. Defeat of the Austrians by the Prussians. 
Sedan. Germans defeat the French. 
Italy has achieved its freedom and unity. 
Turco-Russian War. Russians capture Plevna. 
Congress of Berlin. 
War between China and Japan. 

Czar of Russia proposes disarmament and a peace 

conference. 
War between the United States and Spain. 
Outbreak of War between England and the Boers. 



AD 



1500 



34 



1600 



1700 



1800 



1900 



35 



1500 - 1900 A. D. 



1506-1626 

1508 

1510 

1513 

1513 

1519-22 

1534 

1534 

1551 

1565 

1587 

1600 

1603 

1607 

1608 

1610 

1614 

1619 

1620 

1627-58 

1638 

1640-53 

1642-45 

1649-60 

1675-1710 

1694 

1707 

1711-20 

1717-20 

1721 

1754-63 

1759 

1769 

1774-85 

1788 

1793 

1799 

1801 

1810 

1819 

1825 

1829 

1830 

1835 

1838 

1844 

1846 

1848 

1851 

1857-8 

1857-70 

1859-69 

1866 

1870 

1871 

1871 

1877 



Building of St. Peter's Cathedral. 

League of Cambray against Venice. 

Albuquerque. Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies. 

Ponce de Leon discovers Florida. 

Balboa discovers the Pacific. 

Magellan's voyage around the globe. 

England separates from the Church of Rome. 

Order of Jesuits founded by Loyola. 

Turkish Empire at the zenith of its power. 

Spaniards settle St. Augustine, Fla. 

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, executed. 

English-East India Company chartered. 

The Stuarts in England till 1688. 

Jamestown, Va., settled by the English. 

Quebec. Settled by the French. 

Moors expelled from Spain. Great Decay of Spain 
during this century. 

First Dutch settlements in (now) New York. 

Discovery of the circulation of the blood by Harvey. 

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, Mass. 

Taj Mahal. The most ornate Mausoleum in the world. 

Harvard (Mass.) College founded. 

Long Parliament in England. 

Civil War. Between Parliament and Charles I. 

Commonwealth and Protectorate under Cromwell. 

Building of St. Paul's Cathedral. 

Bank of England established. 

Union of England and Scotland as Great Britain. 

South Sea Bubble in England. 

Law's Bubble. Vast financial schemes. 

Modern Cabinet system in England under Walpole. 

French and Indian war. Connected with the seven 
years' war in Europe 

Quebec. Taken by the English. The French lose 
their American colonies. 

Invention of the steam engine by Watt. 

Warren Hastings. Governor General of India. 

Coal and coke used in smelting iron. 

Whitney invents the cotton-gin. 

Rosetta Stone discovered in Egypt. 

Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Napoleon at the height of his power. Germany humil- 

The steamer Savannah crosses the Atlantic. L latecl - 

Erie Canal opened in New York State. 

r [enson. 

"Rocket." First practical locomotive built by Steph- 

Beigium revolts from Holland and becomes a monarchy. 

Rise of American Literature. 

Steamship Great Western crosses the Atlantic. 

First telegraph line opened in the U. S. 

Ether introduced into surgical practice. 

Discovery of gold in California. 

Coup d'dtat of Louis Napoleon who was made Emperor 

Sepoy Mutiny in India. t in 1852 - 

Mont Cenis tunnel. Eight miles long. 

Construction of the Suez Canal. 

The Great Eastern lays the Atlantic cable. 

Fall of the French Empire. France again a Republic. 

Re-establishment of the German Empire. 

Treaty of Washington for arbitration. 

Production of Bessemer rails in the U. S. is greater than 
that of iron rails. 



The following partial list of disasters serves as a reminder 

that man (even with the greatest wealth) cannot 

withstand the elements or the laws of God. 



1530 
1531 
1565 
1626 
1656 
1665 
1666 
1667 
1693 
1693 
1703 
1703 
1746 
1748 
1755 

1771 

1771 

1783 

1787 

1789 

1792 

1797 

1801 

1822 

1835 

1S37-1838 

1838 

1840 & 6 

1845 

1846 

1851 

1865-1866 

1867-1868 

1868-1S69 
1871. 1872 
1877 

1877 

1877-1878 

1881 

1883 

1883 

1884 
1886 

1887 

1888 

1889 

1889 & 90 

1891 

1893 

1900 

1902 



hastened the French 
[Revolution. 



General inundation in Holland. 400,000 drowned. 

Earthquake at Lisbon. 30,000 perish. 

Famine throughout British Isles. 

Earthquake at Naples. 70,000 perish. 

Plague in Naples. 400,000 deaths. r . . , 

Great plague in London. One-fifth of the population 

Great fire in London. A blessing ; purifying the city. 

Earthquake at Schamaki. Lasted 3 months. 80,000 

Awful famine in France. [perish. 

Earthquake in Sicily. 100,000 perish. 

Earthquake at Jeddo, Japan. 200,000 perish. 

Great storm in England. 80,000 drowned. 

Earthquake. Lima and Callao demolished. 

General famine in Britain. 

Great earthquake and immense sea waves at Lisbon. 
60,000 perish. This awful earthquake destroyed other 
cities and was felt for 5,000 miles. 

Famine devastates Bengal. 

Ripon Flood in Yorkshire. 

Violent earthquake in Calabria. 40,000 perish. 

Torrents from the mountains in Navarre. 

Grevious famine in France 

Plague in Egypt. 800,000 perish. 

Earthquake in Central America. 40,000 perish. 

Famine throughout Britain. 

Coast of Chili permanently raised by an earthquake. 

Great fire in New York City. 

Famine in North-west India. 800,000 perish. 

Great fire in Charleston, S. C. 

Awful inundations in France. 

Two great fires in New York City. 

Great famine in Ireland caused by failure of potato crop. 

Two great fires in San Francisco, Cal. 

Famine in North-east India. 1,000,000 perish. 

Noted series of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and 
great sea wave oscillations, culminating on the west 
coast of South America. Great losses. 

Famine in North-west India. 1,500,000 perish. 

Great Fires. Chicago. Boston. 

Famine on west coast of India. 500,000 perish. 

Earthquake and tidal wave on west coast of South 
America near Callao. 

Famine in North China. 9, 500, 000 said to have perished. 

Typhoon in China. 300,000 perish. 

Java desolated by many volcanic eruptions and a tidal 
wave. Disturbances for thousands of miles. 

Great floods in Europe. 

Destructive series of tornadoes in Southern States, TJ. S. A. 

Earthquake at Charleston, S. C. Shocks were felt over 
an area of 900,000 square miles. 

Overflow of Yellow River. Millions said to have perished. 

March. Blizzard on eastern coast of United States. 

Disastrous flood at Johnstown, Penna. 

Several tornadoes and destructive floods in U. S. A. 

Great blizzard and disastrous floods in Europe. 

Destructive tornadoes in Southern States, U. S. A. 

Galveston, Texas, devastated by a storm. 

Volcanic eruptions in the West Indies. St. Pierre and 
people destroyed. Ocean bed sunk to a great depth. 



36 



37 



FAMOUS 
CHARACTERS 



ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED 



The following list contains not only all the names on the preceding charts, but also 
the names of many other history makers of the world. 

This is far from being a complete list of noted persons, (there are ten times as many 
names in Chamber's Biographical Dictionary) but there will be found here the characters 
most frequently sought for. These can be more readily found in this selected list 
than in a cyclopedia where there are many similar names. 

As a general rule : a date, dash, and another date, follow the name. The date before 
the " - " is the date of birth, and the date after the " - " is the date of death. All 
dates are A. D. unless stated as B. C. 

The uncertainty of some dates is indicated by "about" or "?". The reader should 
not infer from this that he can implicitly rely on the accuracy of all the other dates. 
But little dependence can be placed on dates prior to about 700 b. c, and still less on 
those before about 1300 b. c. As an example of the confusion existing in recorded dates : 
Solomon is given iu this list as 1033-975 b. c, King 1015. Modern works give his 
reign as 993-953 B.C., a discrepancy of 22 years. Though the latter dates may be 
more reliable, the former are used so as to have more relative correctness with the other 
characters of the same period. 

Some of the discrepancies that may appear between the charts and the printed dates 
are due to the data being taken from different sources. 



38 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



AARON 

A. BECKET, Thomas 

ABELARD. Pierre 

ABERNETHY, John 

ABRAHAM 

ABSALOM 

ADAMS. John 

ADDISON. Joseph 

>ESCHYLUS 

>ES0P 

AGASSIZ. Louis 

AGRICOLA. C. Julius 

ARAB 

ALARIC 

ALBUQUERQUE 

ALCIBIADES 

ALEXANDER THE GREAT 

ALEXANDER VI. 

ALEXANDER I. 

ALEXANDER II. 

ALEXANDER III. 

ALEXIS 

ALFONSO X. ithe Wise) 

ALFRED THE GREAT 

ALI 

ALISON. Archibald 

ALVA. Duke ol 

AMBROSE. Saint 

ANAXAGORAS 

ANGELICO. Fra 

ANGELO 

ANNE 

ANNE BOLEYN 

ANSELM, Saint 

ANTHONY, Saint 

ANTIGONUS 

ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT 

ATONINUS PIUS 

ANTONY, Mark 

APELLES 



1574-1451 B.C. High priest of the Jews 

See Becket 

1079-1142 French theologian 

1764-1831 English surgeon 

1996-1822 B.C. Father of the Hebrews 

11th cent. B.C. Son of David 

1735- 1826 President of the United States, 1797 

1672-1719 English author 

525-456 B.C. Greek tragic writer 

620-564 B.C. Greek fabulist 

1807-1873 Swiss-American. Naturalist 

37-93 Roman general in Britain 

King of Israel, about 875 B.C. 

-410 King of the Visigoths 

1453-1515 Portugal. Viceroy of the Indies 

450-404B.C. Athenian general 

356-323 b.c. Macedonian conqueror, 336 B.C. 

1431-1503 Pope, 1492 

1777-1825 Czar of Russia, 1801 

1818-1 ssi Czar of Russia, 1855 

1845-1894 Czar of Russia, 1881 

1629-1676 Czar of Russia, 1645 

1221-1284 King of Castile and Leon, 1252 

849 901 King of England, 871 

661 Arabian. Caliph, 656 

1757-1839 Scotch. Historian 

1508-1583 Spanish. Governor of the Nether- 

lands, 1567 
340-397 Bishop of Milan 

50U-428B.C. Ionic philosopher 

1387-1455 Tuscan. Friar painter 

See Michael Angelo 

1664-1714 Queen of England, 1702 

See Boleyn 

1033-1109 Archbishop of Canterbury 

251-356 Egyptian. Father of Monachism 

382-301 B.C. King in Asia 

242-187 B.C. King of Syria, 223 B.C. 

86-161 Roman emperor, 138 

83-30 B.C. Roman triumvir 

[B.C. 

Ephesus. Celebrated painter, 325 



1225-1274 
1786-1853 
287-212 B.C. 
1474-1533 

-468 B.C. 
384-322 B.C. 
260-336 



AQUINAS. St. Thomas 

ARAG0. D. Francois 

ARCHIMEDES 

ARI0ST0. Ludovico 

ARISTARCHUS OF SAM0S 

ARISTIDES THE JUST 

ARISTOTLE 

ARIUS 

ARKWRIGHT. Sir Richard 1732-1792 

ARMINIUS-HERMANN 16 B.c-19 a.d. 

ARMOUR. Philip D. 1832-1901 

ARNOLD. Thomas 1795-1842 

ARNOLD OF WINKELRIED -1386 

ARTAXERXES I. 

ARTHUR. -King" -520 

ASPASIA About 400 B.C. 

AST0R. John Jacob 1763-1848 

ATHANASIUS 300-373 

ATTILA 406-453 

AUDUBON. John James 1780-1851 

AUGUSTINE. Saint 354-430 

AUGUSTUS iOCTAVIUSi 63B.C.-14 a.d. 

AURELIAN 212-275 

AURELIUS. Marcus 121-180 



Italian theologian 

French physicist 

Syracusan mathematician 

Italian poet 

Alexandrian astronomer. 280 B.C. 

Athenian statesman 

Greek philosopher 

Egyptian. Founder of Arianism 

English. Inventor 

[9 A.D. 
German. Vanquished the Romans, 

American. Meat packing industry 

English. Head Master of Rugby 

Swiss patriot 

King of Persia, 465-425 B.C. 

British chieftain 

Greek. Renowned for her talents 

German-American. Merchant 

Patriarch of Alexandria 

King of the Huns 

American naturalist 

Latin father of the Church 

Master of the Roman world, 31 B.C. 

Roman emperor, 270 

Roman emperor, 161 



39 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



BABBAGE. Charles 
BACH. J. Sebastian 
BACON, Sir Francis 
BACON. Roger 
BAJAZET I. 
BALBOA 

BALIOL, Edward 
BANCROFT, George 
BARNUM, P. T. 
BASIL (the Great) 
BAYARD. Chevalier de 
BEACONSFIELD, Earl ol 
BECKET. Thomas 
BEDE. The Venerable 
BEECHER, Henry Ward 
BEETHOVEN, Ludwlg van 
BELISARIUS 
BELL, A. G. 
BELLINI, Vlncenzo 
BELSHAZZAR 
BENEDICT, Saint 

BENNETT, Jas. G. 

BENTHAM, Jeremy 

BENTON, Thomas H. 

BERANGER, PierreJ.de 

BERKELEY, George 

BERNARD, Saint 

BESSEMER, Sir Henry 

BIDDLE, Nicholas 

BISMARCK, Prince von 

BLACKSTONE, Sir William 

BUINE, James G. 

BLUCHER, Von 

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni 

BOLEYN, Anna 

BOLINGBROKE, H. St. John 

BOLIVAR, Simon 

BONAPARTE. Louis Napoleon 

BONAPARTE, Napoleon 

BONHEUR, Rosa 



1792-1871 English mathematician and inventor 

168:3-1750 German musician 

1561 1G26 English philosopher, etc. 

1214-1294 English monk and philosopher 

1347-1403 Turkish sultan, 1389 

1470-1517 Spanish adventurer 

-1363 King of Scotland, 1332 

1800-1891 American historian 

1810-1891 American showman 

329-379 Greek father of the Church 

1475-1524 French soldier 

1804-1881 English. Statesman and novelist 

1117-1170 English. Archbishop of Canter- 

bury 
672-735 Saxon historian 

1813-1887 American clergyman 

1770-1827 German composer 

505-565 Byzantine general 

1847- Scotch. Telephone in U. S. 

1802-1835 Italian composer 

-538 b.c. Last king of Babylonia 

[achisni 
480-543 Italian. Founder of Western Mon- 

1795-1872 Scotch. Founder of N. Y. Herald 

1748-1832 English jurist 

1782-1858 American statesman 

1780-1857 French song writer 

1684-1753 Irish philosopher 

1091-1153 French ecclesiastic 

1813-1898 English inventor 

1786-1844 American financier 

1815-1898 Prussian statesman 

1723-1780 English jurist 

1830-1893 American statesman 

1742-1819 Prussian general 

1313-1375 Italian author 

1507-1536 Second wife of Henry VIII. 

1678-1751 English statesman 

1783-1830 Liberator of South America 

1808-1873 Emperor of the French, 1852 

1768-1821 French. General. Emperor, 1804 

1822-1899 French. Animal painter 



BONIFACE VIII. 
BONIFACE. Saint 
BOONE. Daniel 
BOSSUET, Jacques B. 
BOZZARIS, Marcos 
BRAHE, Tycho 
BRENNUS 
BRIGHT, John 
BRONTE, Charlotte 
BROUGHAM, Lord 
BROWN, John 
BROWNING, Elizabeth B. 
BROWNING. Robert 
BRUCE, Robert 
BRUNEL, Sir Marc 
BRUTUS. Lucius J. 

BRUTUS, Marcus J. 
BRYANT, William C. 
BUCKINGHAM, Duke ol 
BUDDHA 

BUFFON, Comte de 
BUNYAN, John 
BURKE. Edmund 
BURLEIGH, Lord 
BURNS, Robert 
BURRITT, Ellhu 
BURTON, Sir Richard F. 
BYRON, George G. 



-1303 
680-755 
1735-1820 
1627-1704 
1790-1823 
1546-1601 

1811-1889 
1816-1855 
1778-1868 

1800-1859 
1806-1861 
1812-1889 
1274-1329 
1769-1849 

85-42 B.C. 
1794-1878 
1592-1628 
6th cent. B.C. 
1707-1788 
1628-1688 
1729-1797 
1520-1598 
1759-1796 
1811-1879 
1821-1890 
1788-1824 



Pope, 1294 

"Apostle of Germany" 
American pioneer in Kentucky 
French prelate 
Greek revolutionary leader 
Swede. Astronomer 

Leader of the Gauls against Rome 

[about 388 B.C. 
English statesman 

English novelist 

Scotch. Law reformer, etc. 

American abolitionist and leader 

English poetess 

English poet 

King of Scotland, 1306 

French. English engineer 

Reputed leader of the Romans. 
against Tarquin about 515 B.C. 

Roman. One of Cffisar's assassins 

American. Poet and journalist 

English. Virtual ruler 

India. Founder of Buddhism 

French naturalist 

English author 

Irish. English statesman 

English statesman 

Scottish poet 

American. Learned blacksmith 

English. Explorer and writer 

English poet 



40 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



CABOT, John 
CABOT. Sebastian 
CADE, Jack 
C/ESAR. Julius 
CALHOUN. John C. 
CALIGULA 
CALVIN. John 
CAMBYSES 
CAMILLUS, M. F. 
CANNING. George 
CANOVA. Antonio 
CANUTE 

CARLYLE. Thos. 
CARNEGIE. Andrew 
CARNOT. N. M. 
CARSON, "Kit" 
CARTWRIGHT, Edmund 
CASSIUS, Caius 
CATHARINE II. 
CATHARINE DE° MEDICI 
CATHARINE OF ARAGON 
CATILINE 
CATO. (the elder) 
CATO, (the younger) 
CAVENDISH, Henry 
CAVOUR, Count 
CAXTON, William 
CECIL, William 
CERVANTES 
CHANNING, Wm. E. 
CHARLEMAGNE 
CHARLES I. 
CHARLES II. 
CHARLES THE BALD 
CHARLES VII. 
CHARLES V. 
CHARLES XII. 
CHARLES THE BOLD 
CHARLES MARTEL 
CHASE, Salmon P. 
CHATHAM, Earl of 



1476-1557 
-1450 

100-44 B.C. 
1782-1850 

12-41 
1509-15G4 
-522 B.C. 

446-365 B.C. 
1770 1827 
1757-1822 

994-1035 
1795-1881 
1835- 
1753-1823 
1809-1868 
1743-1823 

-42 B.C. 
1729-1796 
1519-1589 
1485-1536 

108-C-2B.C. 

234-149 B.C. 
95-46 B.C. 
1731-1810 
1810-1861 
1422-1491 

1547-1616 
1780-1842 

742-814 
1600-1649 
1630-1685 

823-877 
1403-1461 
1500-1558 
1682-1718 
1433-1477 
690-741 
1808-1873 



Discovered the main- 
Venetians, land of America forthe 
English, 1497 

Irish. English insurgent 

Roman conqueror, historian, etc. 

American statesman 

Roman emperor, 37 

French. Protestant reformer 

KingofMedesand Persians, 529 B.C. 

Roman. Hero 

English statesman 

Italian sculptor 

King of Denmark, Norway, and 
[England, 1016 
Scotch. Author 

Scotch. Am. steel manufacturer 

French strategist and revolutionist 

American guide 

[loom. 
English. Inventor of the power 

Roman. Conspirator against Ceesar 

Empress of Russia, 1762 

Queen of France, 1532 

First wife of Henry Till. 

Roman conspirator 

Roman statesman 

Roman statesman 

English. Natural philosopher 

Restorer of Italian nationality 

First English printer 

English. See Lord Burleigh 

Spanish author 

[ism. 
American Clergyman. Abolition- 
King of the Franks, 768. Emperor 

[800 
King of England and Scotland, 1625 

King of England and Scotland, 1660 
King of the western Franks, 840 
King of France, 1422 
Emperor of Germany, 1520 
King of Sweden, 1697 
Duke of Burgundy 
Ruler of the Franks 
American. Statesman, etc. 
See William Pitt 



CHAUCER. Geoffrey 1340-1400 

CHESTERFIELD. Earl of 1694-1773 
CHEVALIER. Michel 1806-1879 

CHOPIN. Frederic 1809-1849 

CHING WANG 
CHRIST 
CHOW DYNASTY 
CHRYS0ST0M, Saint 
CICERO. Marcus T. 



CID. The 

CINCINNATUS 

CLAY. Henry 

CLEISTHENES 

CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA 



4B.C.-29A.D. 

1123 B.C. 

::I7 107 

106 43b.c. 

1040-1 OH! I 

5th cent. B.C. 

1777-1852 



-215 



CLEOPATRA 69-30 B.C. 

CLEVELAND. Grover 1837- 

CLINT0N, De Witt 1769-1828 

CLINTON, George 1739-1812 

CLIVE, Lord 1725-1774 
CL0VIS -511 

C0BDEN. Richard 1804-1865 

COKE, Sir Edward 1552-1633 

COLBERT 1619-1683 

C0LBURN, Zerah 1804-1840 
COLERIDGE, Samuel T. 1772-1834 

C0LIGNI 1517-1572 
COLUMBUS, Christopher 1447-1506 

C0MTE, Auguste 1798-1857 

C0NDE" 1G21-1686 

CONFUCIUS About 500 b.o. 
CONRAD I. -918 

C0NSTANTINE THE GREAT 274-337 

COOK, James 1728-1779 

COOPER, James F. 1789-1851 



COOPER, Peter 
COPERNICUS 
C0RDAY, Charlotte 

C0RI0LANUS 

CORNELIA 

C0RREGGI0 



1791-1883 
1473-1543 
1768-1793 

About 200 B.o. 
1494-1534 



English poet 

English statesman, etc. 

French economist 

Polish. Composer 

Emperor, 246b. c He expelled the 
[Mongols, etc. 



Patriarch of Constantinople. 

Roman orator 

Spanish hero 

Roman dictator 

American statesman 

Athenian statesman, about 510 B.o. 

Greek father of the Church 

Queen of Egypt 

American. President of U. S., 1885 

Governor of New York 

American. Statesman 

English general in India 

King of the Franks, 481 

English statesman. Free trade 

English jurist 

French. Minister of Louis XIV. 

American arithmetical prodigy 

English poet 

French Admiral. Huguenot leader 

Italian. Discoverer of America for 

[Spain 
French philosopher 

French general 

Chinese philosopher 

King of Germany, 911 

Roman emperor, 323 

English navigator 

American novelist 

American philanthropist 

Pole. Astronomer 

French. Assassin of Marat 

Hero of Roman legend, 500 B.C. 

Roman matron 

Italian painter 



41 



CORTES. Hernando 
CRABBE. George 
CRANMER. Thomas 
CRASSUS. Marcus L. 
CRICHTON. James 
CRISPIN. Saint 
CROESUS 

CROMWELL. Oliver 
CUVIER 
CYAXARES 
CYPRIAN. Saint 
CYRUS THE GREAT 
CYRUS 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IX HISTORY 

1485-1547 Spanish. Conqueror of Mexico 

1754-1832 English poet 

1489-1556 English reformer 

114-53B.C. Roman triumvir 

1560-1586 Scotch genius. " The admirable ' 

-287 Roman. Shoemaker 

King of Lydia, 560b.c. 

1599-1G58 English. Puritan. Protector 

1769-1832 French naturalist 

-584 B.C. King of Media 

200-258 Bishop of Carthage 

-529 B.C. King of Persia, 550 B.C. 

424-401 B.C. Persian general 



DAGUERRE. Louis J. M. 

DALT0N. John 

DANIEL 

DANTE 

DARIUS I. iHystaspis) 

DARWIN. Charles R. 

DAVID 

DAVIS. Jefferson 

DAVY. Sir Humphrey 

DEFOE. Daniel 

DE LESSEPS 



1789-1851 French. Inventor of photography 

1766-1844 English chemist 

Hebrew. Prophecies 603-536 B.C. 

1265-1321 Florentine poet 

-480 B.c, King of Persia, 521 B.C. 

1809-1882 English naturalist 

-1015 B.C. King of Israel, 1055 B.C. 

1808-1889 American. President of the Confed- 

erate States 
1778-1829 English chemist 

1660-1731 English author 

See Lesseps 



DEM0CRITUS 


465B.C- 


DEMOSTHENES 


-413 B.c 


DEMOSTHENES 


384-322 B.o 


DE QUINCEY. Thos. 


1785-1859 


DERBY. Earl of 


1799-1869 


DE RUYTER 




DESCARTES. Rene' 


1596-1650 


DE SOTO. Hernando 


1496-1542 


DE STAEL 




DICKENS. Charles 


1812-1870 


DIOCLETIAN 


245-313 


DI0D0RUS SiCULUS 


1st cent, b.c 


DIOGENES 


412-323 B.C. 


DI0NYSIUS. the Elder) 


431-367 B c, 


Eu.l o£ 
DIONYSIUSofHalicarnassus 1st cent, b.c 


DISRAELI. Benjamin 




D0MITIAN 


51-96 


D0RE. Gustave 


1833-1883 


DOUGLAS. Sir James 


1286-1331 


DOUGLAS. Stephen A. 


1813-1861 


DOUGLASS. Fred 


1817-1895 


DRACO 




DRAKE. Sir Francis 


1541 1-1595 


DREW. Daniel 


1788-1879 


DRUSUS. Nero Claudius 


39 9b c. 


DRYDEN. John 


1631-1700 


DUNSTAN. Saint 


925-988 


DURER. Albrecht. 


1471-1528 



Greek. Philosopher 

Athenian general 

Athenian orator 

English. Writer 

English. Premier, 1852 

See Ruyter 

French. Modern philosophy 

Spanish. Discoverer of the Mis- 
sissippi 
See Stael, Mme. De 

English novelist 

Roman emperor, 284 

Greek historian 

Greek philosopher 

Tyrant of Syracuse, 405 B.o. 

Greek historian 

See Beaconsfield 

Roman emperor, s] 

French artist 

Scotch. Great captain of Bruce 

American politician 

Slave. American orator 

Athenian legislator, 624 B.C. 

English naval commander 

American. Capitalist 

Roman general 

English poet 

English. Archbishop of Canterbury 

German engraver, etc. 



42 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



EDISON. Thomas Alva is 17 
EDMUND II. 989-1016 

EDWARD, (the Elder) 870-925 

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 1004-1066 

EDWARD I. 1239-1307 

EDWARD II. 1284-1327 

EDWARD III. 1312-1377 

EDWARD IV. 1441-1483 
EDWARD, the Black Prince 1330-1376 

EDWARDS. Jonathan 1703-1758 
EGBERT -837 

ELI -1116B.0 

ELIJAH 

E LISHA -838 B.C. 

ELIZABETH 1533-1603 

EMANUEL 1469-1521 

EMERSON. Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 

EMMET. Robert 1780-1803 

EPAMINONDAS 418-362 B.C. 

EPICTETUS 1st cent. 

EPICURUS 342 270 B.C. 

ERASMUS. Deslderlus 1467-1536 

ERICSSON, John 1803-1889 

ERIGENA. John Scotus 9th cent. 

ERSKINE. Thos. (Lord) 1750-1823 

ESSEX, Earl oi 1567-1601 

ETHELBERT -616 

EUCLID 

EURIPIDES 480-406 B.C. 

EVANS, Marian 1820-1880 
"George Eliot" 

EVERETT, Edward 1794-1865 



EZEKIEL 
EZRA 



600 B.C.- 
5th cent. b.o. 



American inventor 
King of England, 1016 
King of England, 90J 
King of England, 1042 
King of England. 1272 
King of England. 1307 
King of England. 1327 
King of England. 1461 
English. Prince of Wales 
American theologian 
King of England, 829 
Judge of Israel, 1157- 11 17 B.C. 
Hebrew prophet, 907 B.C. 
Hebrew prophet 
Queen of England, 1558 
King of Portugal, U'.<~> 
American philosophical writer 
Irish revolutionist 
Thchan general 

Phrygia. Stoic philosopher 
Greek philosopher 

Dutch scholar 

Swedish-American. Engineer 

Irish. Philosopher 

Scotch. English advocate, etc. 

English general 

King of Kent, 565 

Greek geometer, 300 B.C. 

Greek poet 

English novelist 

American statesman and orator 

Hebrew prophet 

Hebrew priest, ruler, etc. 



FABIUS. Maximus V. 

FARADAY. Michael 

FARRAGUT. David G. 

FAWKES. Guy 

FERDINAND I. 

FERDINAND V. 

FERRY. Jules 

FIELD. Cyrus W. 

FIELD. David D. 

FIELD. Marshall 

FIELDING. Henry 

F0UCAULT. Leon 

FOURIER. Charles 

FOX. Charles James 

FOX. George 

FRANCIS I. 

FRANCIS JOSEPH 

FRANCIS OF ASSISI, (Saint) 1182-1226 

FRANCIS XAVIER 

FRANKLIN. Benjamin 1706-1790 

FRANKLIN. Sir John 1786-1847 

FREDERICK I. iBarbarossai 1121-1190 

FREDERICK II. 1104-1250 

FREDERICK IV. or III. 1415-1493 

FREDERICK THE GREAT 1712-1786 

FREDERICK WILLIAM 1620 1688 

FREDERICK WILLIAM I. 

FROBISHER. Sir Martin 

FR0EBEL. Frledrlch 

FR9ISSART. Jean 

FULTON. Robert 



-203 B.C. Roman general 
1791-1867 English physicist 

American admiral 
English conspirator 
King of Castile, 1033, & Leon, 1037 
King of Spain 
French statesman 
American. Atlantic Ocean cable 
American. Jurist 
American. Merchant 
English novelist 
French physicist 
French. Socialist 
English statesman 



lsol-1870 
1570-1606 
-1065 
1452-1516 
1832-1893 
1819-1892 
1805-1894 
1835- 
1707-1754 
1819-1868 
1772-1837 
1749-1806 
1624-1690 
1494-1547 
1830- 



[ Quakers'" 
English. Founder of "Friends and 

King of France, 1515 

Emperor of Austria, 1848 

Founder of theorderof Franciscans 

See Xavier 

American philosopher 

English Arctic explorer 

Emperor of Germany, 1152 

Emperor of Germany, 1215 

Emperor of Germany, 1440 

King of Prussia, 1740 

Elector of Brandenburg, 1640 

King of Prussia, 1713 

English navigator 



1688 1740 

-1594 

1782-1852 

1337-1410(1419) French chronicler 
1765-1815 American engineer 



German. Originator of the Kinder- 
[garten 



43 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



GALEN 

GALILEO 

GALLATIN. Albert 

GAMA. Vasco da 

GARIBALDI. Giuseppe 

GARRICK. David 

GARRISON. William Lloyd 1805 1879 



GATES. John W. 


1855- 


GENEVIEVE 


422-512 


GENGHIS KHAN 


-1227 


GENSERIC 


-477 


GEORGE III. 


1738-1820 



GERMANICUS C/ESAR 15B.O.-19 A.D. 

GIBBON. Edward 1737-1794 

GIDEON 

GIOTTO 

GIRARD. Stephen 

GIRARDIN. Emlle de 

GLADSTONE. William E 

GLUCK. C. W. 

GODFREY OF BOUILLON 1061-1100 

GODWIN. Mary W. 1759-1797 

GOETHE 1749-1832 

GOLDSMITH. Oliver 1728-1774 

GORDON. Chas. George 1833 1885 

GORTSCHAKOFF. Alexander 1798 L883 



1270 1337 
1750 l v '.1 
1804-1881 
1809-1898 
1714-1787 



GOULD. Jay 
GRACCHUS. Calus 
GRACCHUS. Tiberius 
GRANT. Ulysses S. 
GRAY. Thomas 
GREELEY. Horace 
GREGORY I.— (The Great) 



GREGORY VII. - Hildebrand 1085 

GREY. Lady Jane 1537-1554 

GRIMM. Jacob 

GROTE. George 

GROTIUS. Hugo 

GUIDO RENI 

GUISE. Charles de L. 



130-200 Greet medical writer 

1564-1G42 Italian astronomer 

[man 

17G1-1849 Swiss-Am. Financier and Btates- 

-1524 Portuguese navigator 

1807-1882 Italian [patriot 

1716-1779 English actor 

American abolH ionist 

American. Speculator 

ration saint of Paris 

Mongol conqueror 

King of Vandals 

King of England, 1760 

Boman general 

English historian 

Judge in Israel, 1249-1209B.C. 

Florentine painter 

French-American philant hropisl 

Swiss-French journalist 

English statesman and oratoi 

German composer 

[crusadi 

Belgium. A leader in tin- lii-1 

English. Women's Rights 

German poet 

Irish. Author 

English. Genera] and governor 

Chancellor of the Russian En 

American. Railroad manip ilator 

Roman tribune 

Roman tribune 

Pres I of the U. S., 1869 

English poet 

American journalist 

Pope. 5:io 

Pope, 1073 

Proclaimed queen of England, 1553 
1785 1*63 German. Philologist 

1794-1871 English historian 

1583-1645 Dutch. Jurist, etc. 

1575-1642 Italian painter 

1525-1574 French statesman 



GUISE. Claude de L.. Duke 1496 1550 



GUIZOT 

GUSTAVUS VASA 
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 
GUTENBERG. Johann 
GUY FAWKES 



1836 1892 

-121 B.C. 
133 B.C. 
1*22 1885 
1710-1771 
1811-1X72 

-604 



HADRIAN 

HALE. Sir Matthew 

HAMILCAR BARCA 

HAMILTON. Alexander 

HAN DYNASTY 

HANCOCK. John 

HANDEL 

HANNA. Marcus A. 

HANNIBAL 

HANNO the Great) 

HAROLD II. 

HAROUN AL-RASCHID 

HARVEY. William 

HASDRUBAL 

HASTINGS. Warren 

HATASU 

HAWKINS. Sir John 



17«7- 1-71 
1496 1560 
1594 1632 
i : { ' ' T 1 168 



French general 

i ii tate man and hi 1 orlan 

King of Sweden, 1523 

King of Sweden, 1611 

German. Reputed Inventor of 
[printing 
S'-" Fawkes 



70 138 
1609 1676 

-22:1 B 1 . 
]7.",7 1804 
206B.C- 
17 ;7 1793 
1685-1759 
1837 

247-183 B.C. 
3d cent. B.C. 

.809 
1578-1657 
207 B.C. 

1732-1-1- 
171 1 
1532-1595 



HAWTHORNE. Nathaniel 1""} 



HAYDN. Joseph 
HEGEL. G. W. F. 
HEINE. Heinrlch 
HENRY I. 
HENRY II. 
HENRY IV. 
HENRY V. 



1809 
1770-1831 
1799-1856 
1068-1X35 
1133-1189 
1366-1413 
1388-1422 



Roman emperor, 117 

b 11 1 
Carthaginian general 
American statesman 
Brilliant period of Chinese hi 
American statesman 
German composer 
American. Mining and politic?! 

aginian general 
Carthaginian general 
Last Anglo-Saxon king of England, 
Caliph of Bagdad, 786 
English physiologist 

aginian general 
Governor-general of India, 1774 
Egyptian queen 
English naval commander 

American novelist 

Austrian compo 

German philosopher 

German. Poet and revolutionist 

King of England, 1100 

King of England, 1154 

King of England, 1399 

King of England, 1413 



44 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



HENRY VII. 
HENRY VIII. 
HENRY OF NAVARRE 
HENRY I. 
HENRY IV. 



1456-1509 
1491-1547 
1553-1610 
-936 

1050-1106 



HENRY THE NAVIGATOR 1394-1460 

HENRY, Joseph 1797-1878 

HENRY. Patrick 1736-1799 
HERACL1US -641 

HERO 3d cent. B.C. 
HEROD THE GREAT -4 B.C. 

HEROD AGRIPPA I. -44 

HERODOTUS 484 b.c- 

HERSCHEL, Sir William 1738-1822 
HILDEBRAND 



King of England, 1485 

King of England, 1509 

King of France, 1589 

King of Germany, 919 

King of Germany, 1056 

Son of John I. of Portugal 

American physicist 

American. Patriot and orator 

Byzantine emperor, 610 

Alexandria. Mathematician 

King of Judea, 40b. c. 

King of Judea, 37 

Greek historian 

English astronomer 

See Gregory VII. 

[and President 



HUSS. John 

HUTCHINSON, Benj. P. 
HUXLEY. Thos. H. 
HUYGENS. Christian 
HYPATIA 



1369-1415 
1829-1899 
1825-1895 
1629-1695 
-415 



Bohemian religious reformer 
American. Grain speculator 
English biologist 
Dutch physicist 
Alexandria. Learned teacher 



HILL. James J. 


1838- 


Canadian-American. R. R. builder 


INN0CENT 1. 


-417 


HIPPARCHUS 


2d cent. n.c. 


Bithynia. Greek astronomer 


INNOCENT III. 


-1216 


HIPPOCRATES 


460-360 B.C. 


Greek physician 


INNOCENT XI. 


161 1-1689 


HIRAM 




King of Tyre, about 10OOB.C. 


IRVING. Washington 


1783-1859 


H0BBES, Thos. 


1588-1679 


English philosopher 


ISAAC 


1896-1715 B.o 


HOGARTH, William 


1697-1764 


English artist 


ISABELLA 


1451-1504 


HOLMES. Oliver Wendell 


1809-1894 


American humorous writer 


ISAIAH 


8th cent. B.C. 


HOMER 9th 


or 10 cent B.C. 


Greek poet 


IVAN THE GREAT 


-1505 


HOOD, Thomas 


1798-1845 


English poet 


IVAN THE TERRIBLE 


1531-1584 


HOOK, T. E. 


1788-1841 


English author and wit 






HOOKER. Richard 


1553-1600 


English divine 






HORACE 


65-8 B.C. 


Latin poet 






H0RTENSIUS, Qulntus 


114-50 B.C. 


Roman orator 






H0SEA 


8th cent. B.C. 


Hebrew prophet 






H0UDIN, Robert 


1805- 1ST 1 


French conjurer 


JACK CADE 




HOUSTON, Sam 


1793-1863 


American. Texan liberator 


JACKSON, Andrew 


1767-1845 


HOWARD, John 


1726-1790 


English. Trison reformer 


JACKSON, '• Stonewall" 


1824 1863 


HUDSON, Henry 


-1G11 


English. Navigator 


JACOB 


1837-1689 B.C. 


HUGH CAPET 


-996 


King of France, 987 


JACQUARD. J. M. 


1752-1834 


HUGHES, John 


1797-1864 


Irish. Archbishop of New York 


JAMES 1.— (Stuart) 


1394-1437 


HUGO, Victor 


1802-1885 


French poet and novelist 


JAMES IV. 


1472-1513 


HUMBOLDT 


1769-1859 


German traveler and scientist 


JAMES VI. and 1. 


1566-1625 


HUNTER, John 


1728-1793 


Scotch. English surgeon 


JAMES II. 


1633-1701 


HUME. David 
HUNTINGTON, Collis P. 


1711-1776 
1821-1900 


Scottish philosopher 

[ipulator 
American. R. R. builder and man- 


JEFFERSON. Thomas 
JEFFREYS, George 

w. Jt -J- 


1743-1826 
1648-1689 



Bishop of Rome, 402 
Pope, 1198 
Pope, 1676 
American author 
l'utiiarch 

Queen of Spain, 1479 
Hebrew prophet 
Ruler of Russia, 1462 
Czar of Russia 



See Cade 

Pres't of the U. S., 1829 

American. Confederate general 

Patriarch 

French. Loom 

King of Scotland, 1406 

King of Scotland, 1488 

King of Scotland and England, 1603 

King of England and Scotland, 1685 

Pres't of the TJ. S., 1801 

English judge 



45 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



JENNER. Edward 


1749-1823 


JEREMIAH 




JEROBOAM 1. 


-953 B.C. 


JEROME. Saint 


340-420 


JOAN OF ARC 


1411-1431 


JOHN THE BAPTIST 


B.C.-A.D. 


JOHN ithe Evangelist 


-100 


JOHN 


1166-1216 


JOHN THE GOOD 


1319-1364 


JOHN 1. 


1357-1433 


JOHN OF GAUNT 


1340-1399 


JOHN ZIMISCES 




JOHNSON. Or. Samuel 


1709-1784 


JONAH 




JONES. John Paul 


1747-1792 


JONSON. Ben. 


1573-1637 


JOSEPH 


1745-1635 B.c 


JOSEPHUS. Flavlus 


37-100 


JOSHUA 


1552-1442 B.c 


JUDAS MACCAB/EUS 




JUDSON. Adonlram 


1788-1850 


JUGURTHA 


-104 B.C. 


JULIAN 


331-363 


JUSTIN 1. 


450-527 


JUSTIN MARTYR 


100-165 


JUSTINIAN 1. 


-565 


JUVENAL 


1st cent. 



English. Originator of vaccination 

Hebrew prophet, 600 B.C. 

1st King of Israel, 975 B.C. 

Latin father of the Church 

French heroine 

Preached about 26a.d. 

Apostl>> 

King of England, 1199 

King of France, 1350 

King of Portugal, 1385 

English. Duke of Lancaster 

Sec Zirnisces 

English author. Dictionary 

Hebrew prophet, 9th cent. b.c. 

English. American naval officer 

English dramatist 

Jewish patriarch 

Jewish historian 

Leader of Israelites 

See Maccabfpus 

American missionary 

King of Numidia 

Roman emperor, 361 

Byzantine emperor. 518 

Samaria. Father of the Church, 

Byzantine emperor, 527 

Roman tragic satirist 



KANT. Immanuel 
KEAN. Edmund 
KEENE. James R. 
KELVIN. Lord 
KEMBLE. John Philip 
KEMPIS, Thomas a' 
KENT. James 
KEPLER. Johann 
KIDD. William 
KNOX. John 
KOCH. Robert 
KOSCIUSKO 
KOSSUTH. Louis 
K RUG EH 
KRUPP. Alfred 



1724-1804 
1787-1833 

1838- 

1757-1823 

1763-1847 
1571-1630 

-1701 
1505 1572 
1843- 
1746-1817 
1802-1894 
1825-1904 
1810-1887 



LA FARGE. John 
LAFAYETTE, Marquis de 
LAMARTINE. Alphonse de 
LAMB. Charles 
LANDOR. Walter S. 
LANDSEER. Sir Edwin 
LAO-TSZE 
LAPLACE 
LATIMER, Hugh 
LAUD. William 
LAVOISIER 
LAW, John 
LEE. Robt. Edward 
LEIBNITZ. G. W. 
LEICESTER. Earl of 
LEONARDO DA VINCI 
LEO THE GREAT 



1835- 

1757-1834 
1790-1869 
1775-1834 
1775-1864 
1802-1873 
600 b.c. 
1749-1827 
1490-1555 
1573-1645 
1743-1794 
1671-1729 
1807-1870 
1646-1716 



-461 



German philosopher 

English actor 

English-American. Speculator, etc. 

See Thomson 

English actor 

See Thomas a' K. 

American jurist 

German astronomer 

Scotch. Pirate 

Scottish reformer 

German. Discoverer of bacilli 

Polish patriot and leader 

[tionist 
Hungarian statesman and revolu- 

Pres't of South African Republic 

German manufacturer 



American. Painter, etc. 

French. Aided the Americans 

French statesman, etc. 

English author 

English author 

English animal painter 

Chinese philosopher, Taoism 

French astronomer 

English reformer 

English. Archbishop of Canterbury 

French. Modern chemistry 

Scottish financier 

American. Confederate general 

German philosopher 

See Montfort 

See Vinci 

Bishop of Rome, 440 



46 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



LEO X. 


1475-1521 


LEO XIII. 


1810- 


LEONIDAS 


-480b. c. 


LEPIDUS 


-13 B.C. 


LESSEPS. Ferd. de 


1805-1894 


LICINIUS 




LIEBIG 


1803-1873 


LI HUNG CHANG 


1821-1901 


LINCOLN, Abraham 


1809-1865 


LIND, Jenny 


1821-1887 


LINNAEUS 


1707-1778 


LISTER. Sir Joseph 


1827- 


LISZT, Franz 


1811-1886 


LIVINGSTONE, David 


1813-1873 


LIVY 


59b.c.-17a.d 


LOCKE, John 


1632-1704 


LONGFELLOW 


1807-1882 


LONGINUS 


213-273 


LORENZO 




LOTHAIRE 1. 


796-855 


LOUIS 1. 


778-840 


LOUIS THE GERMAN 


804-876 


LOUIS VI. 


1078-1137 


LOUIS IX., -Saint" 


1215-1270 


LOUIS XI. 


1423-1483 


LOUIS XIV. 


1638-1715 


LOUIS XVI. 


1754-1793 


LOUIS PHILIPPE 


1773-1850 


LOYOLA, Ignatius de 


1491-1556 


LUCRETIUS 


-52 B.C. 


LUTHER, Martin 


1483-1540 


LYCURGUS 


9th cent. B.c 


LYSANDER 


-395 B.o 


LYSIPPUS 




LYTTON, E. Bulwer 


1803-1873 



Pope, 1513 

Pope, 1878 

King of Sparta, 491 B.C. 

Roman Triumvir 43-37 B.C. 

[canal 
French. Constructor of the Suez 

Roman tribune of the people,376B. c. 

German chemist 

Chinese statesman 

Pres't of the U. S., 1861 

Swedish singer 

Swedish naturalist 

English Surgeon. Antiseptic sys- 

|tem 
Hungarian pianist 

Scotch. African explorer 

Roman historian 

English philosopher 

American poet 

Greek philosopher 

Sit Medici 

Emperor of the Romans, 840 

King of the Franks 

King of Germany, M3 

King of France, 1108 

King of France, 1226 

King of France, 1461 

King of France, 1043 

King of France, 1774 

King of France, 1830 

Spanish. Founderof the "Jesuits " 

Latin didactic poet 

German reformer 

Spartan legislator 

Spartan commander 

Greek sculptor, 350 B.C. 

English. Novelist, politician, etc. 



MACAULAY. Thos. B. 1800-1859 

MACBETH -1057 
MACCABEES 

MACCAB/EUS. Judas -160 b.c. 

MACD0NALD. Sir John A. 1815-1891 

MACHIAVELLI. Nlccolo 1469-1527 

MACKAY. John W. 1831-1902 

McKINLEY. William 1843-1901 

MACKINTOSH. Sir James 1765-1832 

MACMAH0N 1808-1893 

MAECENAS, C. C. 70-8 B.C. 

MAGELLAN 1470-1521 
MAHOMET 

MAINTENON. Madame de 1635-1719 

MALTHUS. Thos. Robt. 1766-1834 

MANASSEH -642 B.C. 
MANCHU DYNASTY of Tslng 1644- 

MANES 3d cent. 

MANETH0 3d cent. B.c 

MANN, Horace 1796-1859 
MARCUS AURELIUS 

MARGARET 1353-1412 

MARGARET OF ANJ0U 1429 1482 

MARIA THERESA 1717-1780 

MARIE ANTOINETTE 1755-1793 

MARIOTTE. Ed me' -1684 

MARIUS, Calus 157-86 b.c 
MARK ANTONY 

MARLBOROUGH. Duke of 1650-1722 

MARSHALL. John 1755-1835 
MARTEL. Charles 

MARX, Karl 1818-1883 

MARY I. 1516-1558 

MARY II. (Wm. & Mary) 1662-1694 

MARY STUART 1542-1587 

MATHER. Cotton 1663-1728 

MAXIMILIAN I. 1459-1519 

MAX-MULLER, F. 1823-1900 

MAXWELL. J. Clerk— 1831-1879 

MAZARIN, Jules 1602-1661 



English historian 

King of Scotland, 1040 

Judah, 175-164 B.C. 

Leader of the Jews 

Scotch. Canadian statesman 

Florentine statesman 

Irish-American. Mining, etc., etc. 

American. Pres't of U. S., 1897 

Scotch. Lecturer, etc. 

General. Pres't of France, 1873 

Roman. Patron of literature 

Portuguese navigator for Spain 

See Mohammed 

Second wife of Louis XIV 

English. Social economist 

King of Judah, 697 b.c. 

[Manicheans 
Persian. Founder of the sect oi 

Egyptian historian 

American educator 

See Aurelius 

[Sweden, 138S 
Queen of Denmark, Norway and 

Queen of England, 1445 

[1740 

Sovereign of the Austrian dominions 

Daughterof Maria Theresa. Queen 
[of France, 1774 
French physicist 

Roman general 

See Antony 

English general 

Chief Justice of the U. S., 1801-35 

See Charles Martel 

German. Socialist 

Queen of England, 1553 

Queen of England, 1689 

Queen of Scots 

American theologian 

Emperor of Germany, 1493 

German-English. Philologist 

Scotch. Electrical theories 

[XIV. 

France. Prime minister of Louis 



47 



MAZZINI. Giuseppe 

MEDICI, Cosmo 

MEDICI, Lorenzo de' 

MEISSONIER 

MELANCHTHON. Philipp 1497-1560 

MENCIUS «h cent. B.C. 

MENOELSSOHN-BARTHOLOY 1809-1847 



METTERNICH 
MEYERBEER 
MICHAEL ANGELO 
MILL. John Stuart 
MILTIADES 
MILTON. John 
MING DYNASTY 
MIRABEAU 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 

1808-1872 Italian Patriot 

1389-1463 Florentine statesman 

1449-1492 Head of the Florentine state, 1469 

1815-1891 French painter 

German reformer 

Chinese philosopher 

German composer 

Austrian statesman 

German composer 

Italian painter 

English. Philosophical writings 

Athenian general 

English poet 



1773-1859 
1791-1864 
1475-1564 
1806-1873 

-489 B.o. 
1608-1674 
1368- 
1749-1791 



IVIITHRI DATES, (the Great) 132-63 B.C. 



MOHAMMED 
MOHAMMED II. 
MOLIERE 

MOLTKE. Count Von 
MOMMSEN. Theodor 
MONG orMONGOLDYNASTY 
MONK. George 
MONTAGU, Lady M. W. 
MONTAIGNE 
MONTESQUIEU 
MONTEZUMA II. 
MONTFORT, Simon do 

MONTFORT, Simon de 
MOORE, Thomas 
MORE. Sir Thomas 
MORGAN. J. P. 
MORSE, S. F. B. 

MORTIMER. Roger 

MOSES 

MOZART, Wolfgang 

MUNGO PARK 

MURAT, Joachim 

MURILLO 



French statesman and revolutionist 

King of Pontus, 120 B.C. 

570-632 Arabian. Founder of Islam 

1430-1481 Turkish sultan, 1451 

1622-1673 French writer of comedy 

1800-1891 German strategist 

IS 17- German. Historian of Rome 

Established 1280 

1608-1670 English. Army and navy commander 

1690-1762 English authoress, etc. 

1533-1592 French essayist 

1689-1755 French author 

Emperor of Mexico, 1502 

-1218 French commander in crusade 

[against the Albigenes 

-1265 Leader of the English barons against 

[Henry III. 
1779-1852 Irish. Poet 

1480-1535 English statesman 

1837- American. Financial organizer 

1791-1872 American. Inventor of the electric 

[telegraph 

-1330 English. Favorite of Isabella 

1571-1451 B.C. Lawgiver of the Jews 
1756-1791 German composer 

See Park 
1771-1815 French. King of Naples, 1808 

1618-1682 Spanish painter 



NAPIER. John 


1550-1617 


NAPOLEON 




NARSES 


-568 


NEBUCHADNEZZAR 


-561 b.c 


NECH0 


-595 B.c 


NECKER. Jacques 


1732-l*oi 


NELSON, Horatio 


1758-1805 


NERO, (the General) 




NERO 


37-68 


NERVA 


32-98 


NEWMAN, John Henry 


1801-1890 


NEWTON, Sir Isaac 


1642-1727 


NEY, ■Marshal" 


1769-1815 


NICHOLAS l„ (the Great) 


-867 


NICHOLAS 1. 


1796-1855 


NICHOLAS. Saint 


300 


NIEBUHR. B. G. 


1776-1831 


NIGHTINGALE. Florence 


1820- 


NORTH. Frederick 


1733-1792 



Scotch. Mathematician 

See Bonaparte 

Byzantine general 

King of Babylonia, 605 B.C. 

King of Egypt, 610 B.C. 

French minister of finance under 
[Louis XVI. 
English admiral 

Roman consul, 207 B.C. 

Roman emperor, 54 

Roman emperor, 96 

[dinal 

English clergyman and Roman car- 
English natural philosopher 
French. General 
Pope, 858 

Czar of Russia, 1825 

Asia Minor. Patron of Russia 

Denmark. Historian 

English philanthropist and nurse 

English. Premier, 1770 



O'CONNELL, 


Daniel 


1775-1847 


O'CONOR, Charles 


1804-1884 


0CTAVIUS 






0D0ACER 




-493 


OMAR 1. 




581-644 



Irish political agitator 
American lawyer 
See Augustus 
King of Italy, 476 
Arabian. Caliph, 634 



48 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



OMAR KHAYYAM 


-1124 


Persian poet, etc. 


ONIAS 1. 




High priest of the Jews, 320 B.C. 


ORIGEN 


185-254 


Greek father of the Church 


OSMAN 




See Othman 


OTHMAN 
OTHMAN lOsmani 


-656 
1259*1326 


Arabian. Caliph, 644 

[1299 
Founder of the Ottoman Empire, 


OTHO 1. 


912-973 


King of Germany, 936. Emperor, 

[962 
King of Bohemia, 1253 


OTTOCAR II. 


-1278 


OVID 


43B.C-18A.D. 


Latin poet 



PAGANINI. Nlccolo 

PAINE. Thomas 

PALEY. William 

PALISSY. Bernard 

PALMERSTON. Viscount 

PAPINIAN 

PARK. Mungo 

PARRHASIUS 

PASCAL. Blaise 

PASTEUR. Louis 

PATRICK, Saint 

PAUL, Saint 

PAUL 

PEABODY, George 

PEDRO II. 

PEEL, Sir Robt. 

PELAGIUS 

PENN, William 

PEPIN THE SHORT 

PERICLES 

PERRY, Oliver H. 

PETER THE GREAT 

PETER THE HERMIT 

PETER, Saint 

PETRARCH 

PHIDIAS 



1784-1840 Italian violinist 

1737-1809 English-American radical writer 

1743-1805 English. Natural theology 

1510-1589 French potter 

1784-1865 English statesman 

140-212 Roman jurist 

1771-1806 Scotch. African explorer 

4th cent. B.C. Greek painter 

1G23-1662 French author and mathematician 

1822-1895 French. Discoveries concerning 

[bacteria 

5th cent. "Apostle of Ireland" 

See Saul of Tarsus 

1754-1801 Czar of Russia, 1790 

179.3-1869 American. Philanthropist 

1825-1891 Emperor of Brazil, 1831 

1788-1850 English statesman 

[heresy 

-430 ? British. Founder of the Pelagian 

1644-1718 English. Founder of Pennsylvania 

-768 First king of the Franks, 751 

495-429 B.C. Athenian statesman 

1785-1819 American naval officer 

1672-1725 Czar of Russia, 1682 

-1115 French. Crusader 

See Simon 

1304-1374 Italian writer of sonnets 

490-432 B.C. Athenian. Famous statues 



PHILIP II. 

PHILIP II. 

PHILIP IV. 

PHILIP II. 

PHILIPPE. Louis 

PHILLIPS, Wendell 

PHIL0. Judaeus 

PINDAR 

PISISTRATUS 

PITT. William 

PIUS IX. 

PIZARR0. Francisco 

PLATO 

PLINY, the Elder 

PLINY, the Younger 

PLUTARCH 

P0E. Edgar Allan 

POLO. Marco 

P0LYGN0TUS 

POMPADOUR. Marquise de 

P0MPEY, Cneius 

PONCE DE LEON 

PONTIUS PILATE 

POPE. Alexander 

P0RUS 

P0TIPHAR 

PRAXITELES 

PRESC0TT, Wm. H. 

PR0BUS 

PSAMMETICHUS I. 

PTOLEMY S0TER 

PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS 

PTOLEMY. Claudius 

PYRRHUS 

PYTHAGORAS 



382-336 B.C. 

1165-1223 
1268-1314 

1527-1598 

1811-1884 
1st sent. 
520-440B.C. 
-527 
170S-1778 
1792-1878 
1471-1541 
429-348 B.C. 
23-79 
61-113 
46-120 
1809 1849 
1254-1324 
5th cent. b.c. 
1721 1761 
106-48 B.C. 
1460-1521 

-38 
1688-1744 
-317 B.C. 

4th cent. b.o. 
1796-1859 

-282 

-283 B.C. 
-217 B.C. 
2nd cent. 

-272 B.C. 
580-497 B.C. 



King of Macedon, 359 B.C. 

King of France, 1180 

King of France, 1285 

King of Spain, 1555 

See Louis Philippe 

American orator and abolitionist 

Alexandrian. Jewish religious phi- 
losopher 
Theban lyric poet 

Tyrant of Athens 

English statesman 

Pope, 1846 

Spaniard. Conqueror of Peru 

Greek philosopher 

Roman naturalist 

Roman writer 

Greek biographer 

American author 

Venetian traveler 

Greek painter 

French. Ambitious Court lady 

Roman general 

[1512 
Spaniard. Discoverer of Florida, 

Roman governor of Judea 

English poet 

King in India 

Egypt. 1728 B.C. 

Greek sculptor 

American historian 

Roman emperor, 276 

Egypt. King, 666-610B.C. 

Founder of the Greek dynasty in 

[Egypt. 
King of Egypt, 285 B.C. 

Graeco-Egyptian astronomer 

King of Epirus 

Greek philosopher 



QUINTILLIAN. M. Fablus 35-100 



Spanish. Roman rhetorician 



49 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



RABELAIS. Francois 
RACHEL 
RACINE. Jean 
RALEIGH. Sir Walter 
.RAMESES THE GREAT 
RAMESES III. 
RAPHAEL 
REGULUS 
REMBRANDT. Paul 
RENAN 

RENE THE GOOD 
REYNOLDS. Sir Joshua 
RHODES, Cecil 
RICARDO. David 
RICHARD I. 
RICHARD III. 
RICHELIEU 
RIDLEY. Nicholas 
RIENZI. Cola di 
RISTCRI. Adelaide 
ROBESPIERRE 
ROCKEFELLER. John D. 
RODERIC 

ROEBLING. John A. 
ROLLO 

ROMILLY, Sir Samuel 
ROSS. Sir John 
ROSSINI 

ROTHSCHILD. Meyer A. 
ROUSSEAU. Jean J. 
ROWLAND. Henry A. 
RUBENS. Peter Paul 
RUBENSTEIN. Anton 
RUDOLPH OF HAPSBURG 
RURIK 

RUTH At Bethlehem, 

RUYTER, M. A. de 



1483-1553 French author 

1821-1858 French actress 

1639-1G99 French tragic poet 

1552-1G18 English courtier 

14th cent. b.c. King of Egypt, 1300 b.c. 

King of Egypt, 1200 B.C. 

1483-1520 Italian painter 

3d cent. b.c. Roman general 

1GU7-1G09 Dutch painter 

1823-1892 French author 

1409-1480 "King of Naples," 1435 

1723-1792 English painter 

1853-1902 English. So. African statesman, etc. 

1772-1823 English political economist 

1157-1199 King of England, 1189 

1452-1485 King of England, 1483 

[XIII. 

1585-1G42 Franch. Tiime minister of Louis 

-1555 Bishop of London 

1312-1354 Roman popular leader 

1821- Italian actress 

1758-1794 French revolutionist 

1839- American. Oil 

-711 Last Vislgothic king of Spain 

1806-1869 Prussian. American engineer 

-931 Norwegian viking 

1757-1818 English. Lawyer and philanthropist 

1777-1856 British arctic explorer 

1792-18G8 Italian composer 

1743-1812 German-Jewish banker 

1712-1778 French author 

1848-1901 American physicist 

1577-1640 Flemish painter 

1830-1894 Russian pianist and composer 

1218-1291 Emperor of Germany, 1273 

-879 Founded the first Russian Empire 

1312 B.C. An ancestor of David 

1607-1676 Dutch admiral 



SACHS. Hans 1494-1576 

SAGE. Russell 1816- 

SAINT-GAUDENS, Augustus 1848- 
SAINT-SIM0N 1760-1825 

SALADIN 1137-1193 

SALISBURY. Marquis ol 1830- 



[tor 



SALLUST 


8G-34B.C. 


SALVINI 


1830- 


SAMSON 


-1116 B.C 


SAMUEL 


-1058 B.C 


SANCHO THE GREAT 


-1035 


SANTA ANNA 


1797 1876 


SAPOR 1. 


-271 


SAPPHO 


600 B.C. 


SARDANAPALUS 


-G26B.C. 


SARGON 


-7(i5 B.C. 


SAUL 


-1055 B.c 


SAUL OF TARSUS 


-G4 ? 


SAVONAROLA 


1452-1498 


SCHILLER 


1759-1805 


SCHLEGEL. F. von 


1772-1829 



SCHOPENHAUER. Arthur 1788-1860 

SCHUMANN, Robert 1810-1N5C 

SCHWAB. Charies M. 1862- 
SCIP10 AFRICANUS 234-183 B.C. 

SCOTT, Sir Walter 1771-1832 

SCOTT. Winfield 1786-1866 
SELEUCUS. Nlcator 358-280b.c. 

SELKIRK, Alexander 1676-1721 

SEMMES. Raphael 1809-1877 
SENECA. Lucius A. -65 

SENNACHERIB -681B.C. 

SEVERUS. Seplimlus -211 

SEWARD. Wm. Henry 1801-1872 

SHAKESPEARE. William 1564-1616 

SHALMANESER I. 14th cent. B.C. 
SHALMANESER II. 

SHELLEY, Percy B. 1792-1822 

SHERIDAN. Philip H. 1831-1888 

SHERIDAN. Richard B. 1751-1816 



German poet 
American. Financier and specula- 
Irish. American sculptor 
French socialist 
Turk. Sultan of Egypt, 1171 
English statesman 
Roman historian 
Italian. Actor 

Judge of Israel, 1137-1117 B.C. 
Judge of Israel, 1117-1095 B.C. 
King of Navarre and Castile 
Pres't and dictator of Mexico, 1833 
King of Persia, 242 
Greek poetess 
King of Assyria, G68 B.C. 
King of Assyria, 722 B.C. 
First king of Israel, 1095 B.C. 
Apostle of the Gentiles 

Italian monk 

[torian 
German poet, dramatist and his- 

German. Literature 

German. Pessimist philosopher 

German composer 

American. Pres't of U. S. Steel Co. 

Roman general 

Scottish poet and novelist 

American general 

Macedonian general 

Sci 'I tish sailor. "Robinson Crusoe" 

American. Confederate naval com- 
[inander 
Roman philosopher 

King of Assyria, 705 B.C. 

Roman emperor, 193 

American statesman 

English dramatist 

Assyrian king 

Assyrian king, 8G0 B.C. 

English poet 

American general 

Irish. Statesman and dramatist 



50 



FAMOUS CHAEACTEES IN HISTOET 



SHERMAN. Wm. T. 
SHESHONK (Shlshak) 
SIDDONS. Sarah 
SIDNEY. Sir Philip 
SIGISMUND 
SIGISMUND I. 
SILLIMAN. Ben). 
SIMON. (St.) PETER 
SMITH. Adam 
SMITH. Joseph 
SMITH. Sidney 
SOBIESKI. John 
SOCRATES 
SOLOMON 
SOLON 

SOLYMAN I. or II. 
SOMERVILLE. Mary 
SOPHOCLES 
SPARTACUS 
SPENCER. Herbert 
SPENSER. Edmund 
SPINOLA 
SPINOZA, Baruch 
SPURGEON. Charles H. 
STAEL. De. Mme. 
STANLEY, Henry M. 
STEIN 
STEPHEN I. 
STEPHENSON. George 
STEPHENSON, Robert 



1820-1891 
10th cent. b.c. 
1755-1831 
1554-1586 
1368-1437 

-1548 
1779-1864 

-65 
1723-1790 
1805-1844 
1771-1845 

-1696 

470-399 B.C. 

1033-975 B.C. 

638-559 B.C. 

1495-1566 

1780-1872 

495-406 B.C. 

-71 B.C. 
1820- 
1553-1599 
1569-1630 
1632-1677 
1834-1892 
1766-1817 
1841- 
1757-1831 

-1038 
1781-1848 
1803-1859 



STEVENSON. Robert Louis 1850-1894 
STEWART. A. T. 1803-1876 

STORY. Joseph 1779-1815 

STRABO 64b.c.-24a.d. 

STRADIVARI, Antonio 1649-1737 

SULLA. Lucius C. 138-78 B.C. 

SULLY 1560-1641 

SUMNER. Charles 1811-1874 

SWEDENBORG. Emanuel 1688-1772 
SWEYN -1014 



American general 

King of Egypt 

English actress 

English author and soldier 

Emperor ot Germany, 1411 

King of Poland, 1506 

American physicist 

One of the twelve apostles 

Scottish political economist 

.American. Founder of the Mor- 

[mons 

English clergyman, wit, etc. 

King of Poland, 1674 

Athenian philosopher 

King of Israel, 1015 B.C. 

Athenian lawgiver 

Turkish sultan, 1520 

Scotch. Mathematician and scientist 

Greek tragic poet 

Leader of Roman slaves, 73 B.C. 

English philosopher 

English poet 

Italian-Spanish general 

Dutch-Jewish philosopher 

English preacher 

French authoress 

Wales. African explorer 

Prussian statesman 

King of Hungary. 997 

[tive 
English. Perfeetor of the locomo- 

English engineer 

Scotch. Author 

Irish-American. Merchant 

American jurist 

Greek geographer 

Italian violin maker 

Roman general and dictator 

French. Minister of Henry IV. 

American statesman and abolition- 
fist 
Swedish philosopher and theoso- 

[phist 
King of Denmark, 985-of Eng. 1013 



SWIFT. Jonathan 1667-1745 Irish. Political writer and satirist 

SYLVESTER II. 940-1003 Pope, 999 



TACITUS. Caius C. 


-117 


TALLEYRAND. Chas. M. 


1754-1838 


TAMERLANE 


1336-1405 


TANG DYNASTY 


618- 



Roman historian 

French diplomatist 

Mongol conqueror 

Chinese empire again consolidated 
Golden age of Chinese literature 



1544-1595 

1809-1892 

2d cent. 

1811-1863 



TARQUIN THE PROUD 

TASS0. Torquato 

TENNYSON. Alfred 

TERTULLIAN 

THACKERAY. Wm. M. 

THALES 

THEMIST0CLES 

THEODERIC THE GREAT 

THE0D0SIUS THE GREAT 346-395 

THIERS. L. A. 17'.i7-ls77 

THOMAS A' KEMPIS 1380-1471 

THOMAS AQUINAS. Saint 

THOMAS BECKET 

THOMSON. Sir William 

TH0REAU. Henry D. 

TH0RWALSDEN. Bertel 

TH0THMES III. 

THUCYDIDES 

TIBERIUS 

TIGLATH-PILESER II. 

TILLY. Johann T. 



TITIAN 


1477-1576 


TITUS 


40-81 


TOLSTOI, Leo 


1828- 


TRAJAN 


52-117 


TSIN DYNASTY 


255 B.C. 


TURENNE 


1611-1675 


TURG0T. Robt. J. 


1727-1781 


TURNER. Joseph M. W 


1775-1851 


TYNDALE. Wm. 


1484-1536 



Last king of Rome, about 530 B.C. 
Italian poet 
English poet 

Latin father of the Church 
English novelist 
640-546 B.C. Greek philosopher 

-460 B.C. Athenianstatesmanand commander 
-526 King of Ostrogoths, 475 

Roman emperor of the East, 379 
French statesman and historian 
German. Writer and monk 
!>•'>' Aquinas 
See Becket 
Irish. Physicist 
American author and naturalist 
Danish sculptor 
16th cent. B.C. King of Egypt 
471-400 B.C. Athenian historian 
42b.c.-37a.d. Roman emperor, 14 a. d. 
-727 B.C. King of Assyria, 745 B.C. 
1559-1632 

Roman emperor, 79 

Russian novelist, reformer, etc. 

Roman emperor, 98 



French. Marshal 

[omist 
French controller-general and econ- 



1824- 

1817-1862 
1770-1844 



French. General in the Thirty 
[Years' War. 
Italian painter 



English painter 

[lator 
English reformer and biblical trans- 



51 



FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



ULFILAS 


311-381 


Gothic biblical translator 


URBAN II. 


-1099 


Rope, 1088 


USHER, James 


1580-1656 


Irish. Biblical chronologist 



VALENS 


-378 


VALENTINIAN 1. 


321-375 


VANDERBILT. Cornelius 


1794-1877 


VANDYKE. Sir Anthony 


1599- It; 11 


VARRO. Marcus T. 


116-28 B.C 


VARUS, Publius Q. 


-9 


VELASQUES 


1599-1660 


VASA 




VERDI. Giuseppe 


1814-1901 


VERNE. Jules 


1828- 


VESPASIAN 


9-79 


VESPUCCI. Amerigo 


1451-1512 


VICO. Giovanni B. 


1668-1744 


VICTOR EMANUEL 


1820-1878 


VICTORIA 


1819-1901 


VINCI. Leonardo da 


1452-1519 


VIRCHOW, Rudoll 


1821-1902 


VIRGIL 


70-19 B.c 


VLADIMIR THE GREAT 


-1015 


VOLTAIRE 


1694-1778 



Emperor of the East, 3G4 

Emperor of the West, 364 

American. Pioneer of R. R. con- 
solidation 
Flemish painter 

Roman scholar and author 

Roman general and consul 

Spanish painter 

(See Gustavus Vasaj 

Italian composer 

French author 

Roman emperor, 69 

Italian navigator 

Italian. Founder of the philosophy 

[of history 
King of Italy, 1861 

Queen of Great Britain, 1837 

Italian painter and sculptor 

German physiologist, etc. 

Latin poet 

Russia. Great Duke, 980 

French poet and philosopher 



WAGNER, Richard 1813-1883 

WALLACE, Sir William 1274-1305 

WALLENSTEIN 1583-1634 

WALP0LE, Sir Robert 1C76-1745 

WANAMAKER. John 1837- 

WARWICK. Earl oi -1471 

WASHINGTON. George 1732-1799 

WATT. James 1736-1819 

WATTS. Isaac 1674 -174s 

WAT TYLER -1381 

WEBER. Karl M. von 1786-1826 

WEBER. Wilhelm 1804-1891 

WEBSTER, Daniel 1782-1852 

WEBSTER. Noah 175S-1S43 

WEDGWOOD. Josiah 1730-1793 

WELLINGTON. Duke of 1769-1852 

WESLEY. John 1703-1791 

WHEATST0NE. Sir Chas. 1802-1875 

WHEWELL. William 1794-1866 

WHITEFIELD. George 1714-1770 

WHITNEY. Eli 17C5-1825 

WHITTIER. John G. 1807-1892 

WILBERF0RCE. William 1759-1833 
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 1027-1087 
WILLIAM III. (Prince of Orange)lG50-1702 



WILLIAM I. 



1797-1888 



WILLIAM THE SILENT 1533-15S4 

WILLIAMS. Roger 1599-1683 
WINIFRED 

W0LSEY. Thos. 1471-1530 

WORCESTER. Edward S. 1001-1667 

WORDSWORTH. William 1770-1850 

WREN. Sir Christopher 1632-1723 

WYCLIFFE. John 1324-1384 



German composer 

Scottisii patriot 

[Years' War 
Austrian general in the Thirty 

Prime minister of Great Britain, 

[1715 
American merchant 

English. The "king-maker" 

Pres't of the TJ. S., 1789 

Scotch. Perfector of the steam 

[engine 
English sacred poet, 

English rebel 

Austrian composer 

German physicist 

American statesman and orator 

American lexicographer 

English potter 

Irish. British general 

English. Founder of Methodism 

English physicist 

English philosopher and scientist 

English. Founder of Calvinistic 
[Methodism 

American. Inventor of the cotton 

[gin 
American poet 

English. Abolition of slave trade 

King of England, 1066 

King of Great Britain, 1689 

King of Prussia, 1861. Emperor 
[of Germany, 1871 

Founder of the Dutch Republic 

Wales. Founder of the colony of 

[Rhode Island 
See Boniface 

[VIII. 
English Cardinal, Minister of Henry 

English. Inventor of a steam 

[engine 
English poet 

English architect 

English religious reformer 



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FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN HISTORY 



XAVIER. Francis— (Saint) 1506-1552 Spanish. Jesuit missionary 

XEN0PH0N -350b. o. Athenian writer 

XERXES -465 B.C. King of Persia, 486 B.C. 

XIMENES. Francisco 1437-1517 Spanish prelate and statesman 



YANG-KIAN He united the Chinese Empire, 590 

YAOU Time of Abraham. ? Charlemagne of the East 



ZENO 500 b.o. Greek philosopher 

ZEN0 342-270 b.o. Founder of the Stoie philosophy 

ZENO -491 Roman emperor of the East, 474 

ZEN0BIA Queen of Palmyra, 266 

ZEUXIS 400 B.C. Greek painter 

ZIMISCES, John -976 Byzantine emperor, 969 

ZOROASTER 10th cent. B.C.? Founder of the Persian religion 

ZWINGLI, Ulrlc 1484-1531 Swiss reformer 



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